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Big Liars Are Truthful about Lying
大騙子對於(自己是否有)說謊很誠實
Frequent fibbers, who tend to get high scores on tests measuring psychopathic traits, openly admit their untrustworthy tendency. Sophie Bushwick reports
經常撒謊者坦率地承認自己靠不住的傾向，在做衡量心理變態特徵測驗時，較容易取得高分。

文章出處:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=big-liars-are-truthful-about-lying-13-12-18

Most of us are pretty truthful—and even tall tale tellers tell the truth about lying. Wait, what?
大部份的人都還滿誠實的，就算是愛吹牛說大話的人也會誠實的說自己在說謊。等等，這說的是人話嗎?

In a survey, more than 500 Amsterdam psychology students reported how often they lied. Forty-one percent said they told no lies, 51 percent told one to five lies per day, and eight percent told six or more lies a day. All told, a mere five percent of the students were responsible for 40 percent of the lies.
在一項調查中，超過五百位的阿姆斯特丹心理學學生報告了自己說謊的次數。有41％的學生說自己從不說謊，有51%的學生一天說一至五個謊，剩下的8％一天說六個以上的謊言。總計，有40%的謊言是從僅僅5%的學生說出來的。

The study is in the journal Human Communication Research. [Rony Halevy, Shaul Shalvi and Bruno Verschuere, Being Honest About Dishonesty: Correlating Self-Reports and Actual Lying]
此項研究發表於"人類交流研究"[對於欺騙很誠實:比對(關聯)自我陳述與實際說謊(量)]

Ah, but how can we be sure the participants were honest about lying?
啊!不過我們如何確定參與者是否都誠實地回答自己有無說謊呢?

The researchers asked some of the students to play games for a cash reward. Lying could earn them extra money. But they did not know that researchers could tell when they cheated.
研究員要求一些學生參與可獲得現金獎賞的遊戲。說謊可獲得額外的獎金。但是他們並不知道研究員能判別他們是否有作弊。

And the big cheaters were the liars who admitted that they fibbed. Their honesty suggests they feel little remorse about lying. Which jibes with tests that find that liars tend to get higher scores for psychopathic traits. And that’s the truth.
結果愛作弊的傢伙就是承認自己有說謊的人。他們的誠實暗示著(使人聯想到)他們對於說謊比較不會感到自責。這與之前的測驗結果相符合，騙子在心理變態特徵中會得比較高的分數。還有，這就是事實!

—Sophie Bushwick

(說謊沒什麼-->說謊-->坦承說謊、無自責感)
(愛說謊-->無自責感-->心理變態)
(這裡的 心理變態的 趨向於 道德認知於一般人不同的，等同 精神病的)