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Leslie John

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
916 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

So we did this the first time we got these results.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

We thought, is this a false positive?

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

This is nutty noodle, as my late grandmother would say.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

But so we did it again with other questions, other samples, other scenarios.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

And one of the ones we tried was in the realm of dating, where what we did was we asked people, which of these two people would you prefer to date, person A or person B?

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

And one of the questions was,

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

have you ever filed a false insurance claim?

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

And person A ostensibly has said frequently.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

So they're saying the worst possible thing.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

The other person, person B, has clicked choose not to answer.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

And again and again, people, they'd rather date someone.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

Now, neither of these is fine specimens.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

My father used to always say that.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

That's a fine specimen.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

Yeah, neither of them are someone you want to take home to your parents.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

But if push came to shove, right, if you're in this tight bind, which would you choose?

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

Because that's deeply revealing of human nature behind it.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

And again and again, we prefer the revealer.

Hidden Brain
Keeping Secrets

Yeah, it's a great question.