The Diamond Theory of Truth
“Legend says that when the stones
are brought together the diamonds
inside of them will glow.”
are brought together the diamonds
inside of them will glow.”
— Harrison Ford in
“Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom”
In today’s online New York Times:
(1) A review of pop-archaeology TV,
“Digging for the Truth,”
(2) a Sunday news story,
“Looking for the Lie,”
(3) and a profile,
“Storyteller in the Family.”
From (1):
“The season premiere ‘Digging for the Truth: The Real Temple of Doom,’ showed Mr. Bernstein in South America, exploring tunnels….”
From (2):
“… scientists are building a cognitive theory of deception to show what lying looks like….”
From (3):
“I did feel one had to get not just the facts, but the emotional underpinnings.”
Related material:
Log24 on
Harrison Ford’s birthday
last July–
Log24 on
Harrison Ford’s birthday
last July–
— and Mathematics and Narrative.
See also Saturday’s entry,
Raiders of the Lost Matrix,
for logic as an aid in
detecting lies.