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you always think you can tell when someone's lying or pulling away. but how often do you actually find out you were right? scientists tested this on over 24,000 people and the accuracy was barely above a coin flip.

the real problem isn't that you don't notice things. it's that nobody ever tells you when your read was wrong.

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00:00Confidence climbing?
00:01Accuracy stays flat.
00:03Follow for more psych...
00:04The problem isn't that you don't notice things.
00:06You notice everything.
00:08The problem is, nobody ever tells you when you're wrong.
00:12Hmm.
00:14The result?
00:1654% accuracy.
00:19A coin flip gets you 50.
00:21You think you can just tell when someone's lying to you.
00:25Scientists tested that feeling on over 24,000 people.
00:30You think you can tell when someone's lying.
00:31Scientists tested that on 24,000 people.
00:34A coin flip gets 50.
00:35You notice everything.
00:36No one tells you when you're wrong.
00:37Confidence climbs while accuracy stays the same.

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