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RE: Watching "Lie to Me" Decreases the Ability to Distinguish Between Truth and Lies
Despite this, the methods of detecting hidden emotions and lies shown in the series are not supported by scientific literature.
While Paul Ekman's interpretations of facial micro expressions are based on a lot of solid studies throughout the years, lets not forget that 'Lie to me' is a fictional interpretation. It's purpose is to entertain, not educate.
After all it's just a fictional series.
I am glad that you made an article about this topic, because I am tired of 'experts' who quote this series and think that they have discovered something new under the Sun.
Cheers !
Yes, the problem is their campaign was somehow based on the "fact" that it has a scientific authority. It was sold as a fiction with "scientific foundations"
And it truly is. But it is not a scientific series.
Think about this example: When you see a movie which states "based on true events", do you take it as a true story or you know that it's a producer's interpretation and actually is a fiction?
Of course, what you write is obvious to me! The paper on which I based my article just pointed out that because of that kind of advertisement this can lead to real psychological changes (which probably would be lower without this "scientific" vibe). I'm not saying that it's a crime, it's more of a interesting fact ;)
Yeah, I feel you.
Sadly such propaganda does more harm than being useful..