What do you really want to say?
It is always okay to think whatever you want, but why can't you say whatever crosses your mind? Why is it so difficult to acknowledge and make claims to things that really bother you? Why is it so hard to tell people the truth?
There is no simple answer to this myriad questions but a good investigator knows that there is always a psychological linkage to how the world operates, people lie to avoid conflict. The incentive to lying then is to avoid conflict when it comes on to certain things. But what about the other times we lie, we always have to trace our steps and be careful to remember our train of thoughts.
Interesting concept to think of, it takes more effort to forgo telling the truth, so why on earth would a rationale individual make a conscious decision to lie anyway!
I'm sure by now you can answer the question. Its all about the incentive, and 'People Respond to Incentives.'
Q: Why do Governments keep secrets?
In a democratic state, when people vote in a Government or keep them in (depending on the system), little do they know about the hidden pockets of knowledge that they will never be privy too. In many movies in the US I'm sure you would have heard , that's classified or its a matter of national importance. Secrets which represent the invisible hand that helps to guide a system of Governance based on 'Asymmetric Information'. Don't get me wrong now some matters the Gov't can't tell, but whose discretion is used to decide what information the public is privy to?
Something Funny: Disclaimer : I am not responsible for any injuries from this Economics Joke
A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job.
The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks "What do two plus two equal?" The mathematician replies "Four." The interviewer asks "Four, exactly?" The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says "Yes, four, exactly."
Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the same question "What do two plus two equal?" The accountant says "On average, four - give or take ten percent, but on average, four."
Then the interviewer calls in the economist and poses the same question "What do two plus two equal?" The economist gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to the interviewer and says, "What do you want it to equal"?
There is no simple answer to this myriad questions but a good investigator knows that there is always a psychological linkage to how the world operates, people lie to avoid conflict. The incentive to lying then is to avoid conflict when it comes on to certain things. But what about the other times we lie, we always have to trace our steps and be careful to remember our train of thoughts.
Interesting concept to think of, it takes more effort to forgo telling the truth, so why on earth would a rationale individual make a conscious decision to lie anyway!
I'm sure by now you can answer the question. Its all about the incentive, and 'People Respond to Incentives.'
Q: Why do Governments keep secrets?
In a democratic state, when people vote in a Government or keep them in (depending on the system), little do they know about the hidden pockets of knowledge that they will never be privy too. In many movies in the US I'm sure you would have heard , that's classified or its a matter of national importance. Secrets which represent the invisible hand that helps to guide a system of Governance based on 'Asymmetric Information'. Don't get me wrong now some matters the Gov't can't tell, but whose discretion is used to decide what information the public is privy to?
Something Funny: Disclaimer : I am not responsible for any injuries from this Economics Joke
A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job.
The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks "What do two plus two equal?" The mathematician replies "Four." The interviewer asks "Four, exactly?" The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says "Yes, four, exactly."
Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the same question "What do two plus two equal?" The accountant says "On average, four - give or take ten percent, but on average, four."
Then the interviewer calls in the economist and poses the same question "What do two plus two equal?" The economist gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to the interviewer and says, "What do you want it to equal"?
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