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Ideas are better than eye movements for detecting lies
33:46 - 40:23 (06:37)
The effectiveness of detecting lies does not lie in eye movements but in generating ideas and solutions beforehand through group participation to give all ideas a chance to be heard.
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The speaker discusses the idea of setting up a website to collect data to find the world's funniest joke, which at the time was a novel idea, and how they received large amounts of media coverage and thousands of jokes.
33:46 - 36:24 (02:38)
Summary
The speaker discusses the idea of setting up a website to collect data to find the world's funniest joke, which at the time was a novel idea, and how they received large amounts of media coverage and thousands of jokes. They also discuss the process of searching for the world's funniest joke.
ChapterIdeas are better than eye movements for detecting lies
Episode#593: Richard Wiseman on Lessons from Dale Carnegie, How to Keep a Luck Diary, Mentalism, The Psychology of the Paranormal, Mass Participation Experiments, NLP, Remote Viewing, and Attempting the Impossible
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The most effective way of idea generation in group discussions is asking everyone to come up with three solutions to the problem before getting into the room, preventing certain ideas from not getting any attention in the group because of an individual dominating the group.
36:24 - 40:23 (03:58)
Summary
The most effective way of idea generation in group discussions is asking everyone to come up with three solutions to the problem before getting into the room, preventing certain ideas from not getting any attention in the group because of an individual dominating the group. Meanwhile, eye movements are not necessarily a clue to discern whether someone is lying or telling the truth, especially in public press conferences held by the police in the UK.