Lying, as a social interaction, actually has a net benefit to society allowing interaction between humans - it can avoid conflict, ill feeling, embarrassment, shame and a whole host of other negative scenarios.
You are absolutely correct that it is risky to assume you can detect lying. Most of the time it is simply not in your best interest to even point out a lie let alone be wrong about it.
Comments
Lying, as a social interaction, actually has a net benefit to society allowing interaction between humans - it can avoid conflict, ill feeling, embarrassment, shame and a whole host of other negative scenarios.
You are absolutely correct that it is risky to assume you can detect lying. Most of the time it is simply not in your best interest to even point out a lie let alone be wrong about it.