One of the great paradoxes of the human being is that much of his wisdom lies not in consciousness, but in the unconscious, to this we generally call accumulation of intuition of knowledge, is a knowledge that is hidden, but that is within us. So much so that science has shown that the unconscious detects lies.
While each of us does not perceive them consciously, we have a kind of internal lie detector, it is able to identify the signals sent by the behavior of people who lie, so we know, unknowingly, that they are trying to deceive us.
“If you tell the truth, you don’t need to remember anything. ” – Mark Twain-
Now, why do they sometimes deceive us? Although the unconscious detects lies, we do not always pay attention to our intuitive impulses, however strange it may seem, on many occasions we also want to be deceived.
Suppose someone tries to tell the perfect lie. To do this, it is necessary to develop a meticulously structured narrative, each piece of the lie must be perfectly adjusted and, above all, it must be reliable, in addition it is necessary to coordinate this version with what you will say later on the subject. . The effort is monumental.
Even if the person can build a complete and perfectly coherent story, this is not enough. You should also have a perfect mastery of your body language. You won’t be able to doubt or show signs that you’re hiding something. Your gaze should remain fixed, your pupil still, your hands in a relaxed position.
Lying perfectly is a superhuman feat. There may be one or two people on the planet who can lie in this way, but for the common mortals it is an impossible mission, that is precisely why the unconscious detects lies, in a fraction of a second he identifies and interprets the signs that go away. beyond the words This allows us to perceive error.
The Association for Psychological Sciences has published an investigation in which it found that the unconscious detects lies. The results of the study were published in the prestigious journal Psychological Science and leave no doubt.
The researchers concluded that most people cannot consciously identify the mistake and up to 54% do not realize that other people are lying.
However, the researchers suspected that the unconscious had detected the lies, even when the person was not consciously perceiving them, or taking into account what these deep areas of their mind were telling them.
To prove this, they tested a group of 72 volunteers and watched a video showing people stealing $100, as well as others who were innocent.
Each explained the fact and the participants had to decide whether or not they were guilty of the theft, only 43% of the participants understood. However, the researchers went further, measured each person’s unconscious responses in the video and were able to verify that the vast majority were able to associate the culprit with words such as “Dishonesty” and vice versa.
So far, it has not been possible to define exactly why there is such a strong contrast between the conscious and the unconscious, as to the ability to perceive the lie. intellectual content than intuitive content. We hear the voice of reason, but we are deaf to instinctive noises.
Likewise, we know that there are situations in which the same victim of a lie wants to participate. The most common case occurs in certain episodes of infidelity. The duped generally say they were “the last to know. ” When these types of situations are examined in detail, it turns out that there were clues to which the victim did not want to pay attention.
In such cases, the unconscious detects lies, but consciousness refuses to admit evidence to avoid a painful experience.
All this leads us to think that it would be a good idea to listen to the messages of our intuition, stop thinking that it is only in our reason that the sources of truth are, we are not only reason or heart, but also intuition. And he lives a significant flow of wisdom.