The question of why people lie is profoundly important and endlessly intriguing. Before I turned my attention to research and writing about single people and single life, I spent about two decades ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about leveraging neuroscience to create remarkable leadership. All of us. We lie to save face, to avoid hurting other ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I am going to closely explore a stimulating ...

Even the best of us have told a white lie at some point in our lives. But what, exactly, makes it a “white” lie? And is it really any better than a regular lie? If you’ve ever left a date because a ...

It’s time for PolitiFact’s readers to make their case for the annual Lie of the Year. And this year, we’re changing things up. PolitiFact awards the Lie of the Year to the most significant falsehood ...

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These expressions are both used to describe a blatant lie—but are they interchangeable, or is only one of them correct? One of the most common ways to call out a false statement is to say it’s a “bold ...