In my own personal experience, i’ve found it hard to believe that anyone would lie to me, probably because thats not how i think. I don’t think the average human mind is wired to understand lies, or the concept of lying, or the idea that what they are being told is the opposite of the truth. Its kind-of a next-level way of thinking, to be able to lie, or to be able to tell that someone else is lying.
Evolutionary pressures imposes these things for people whose ancestors grew up and lived in places where trust and honesty within the tribal or societal group was paramount. Where liars were driven out or exiled because one dishonest person threatens the life and wellbeing of the entire group. So there is a natural selection for trust.
Cue today with migration from other entirely foreign groups who developed very differently and lie constantly about everything, even to each other... when mixed into a high-trust society, the damage is impossible to understate.
In my own personal experience, i’ve found it hard to believe that anyone would lie to me, probably because thats not how i think. I don’t think the average human mind is wired to understand lies, or the concept of lying, or the idea that what they are being told is the opposite of the truth. Its kind-of a next-level way of thinking, to be able to lie, or to be able to tell that someone else is lying.
Evolutionary pressures imposes these things for people whose ancestors grew up and lived in places where trust and honesty within the tribal or societal group was paramount. Where liars were driven out or exiled because one dishonest person threatens the life and wellbeing of the entire group. So there is a natural selection for trust.
Cue today with migration from other entirely foreign groups who developed very differently and lie constantly about everything, even to each other... when mixed into a high-trust society, the damage is impossible to understate.