Triangulation

When people lie and why people lie are very different things.  At least that is what many detectives and attorneys think.  But there is a correlation between when and why people lie.

A good comparison can be made between lying and making a phone call.  When police are trying to trace a phone call, they "triangulate" the signal used in the call.  There is a signal from the originating phone to a cell tower and from the cell tower to the receiving phone.  That creates two sides of a triangle.  Draw a hypotenuse between the point of origin and the point of reception and instantly there is triangulation.

When a person lies, there is a signal in the words.  The cell tower, the capture of words on paper or recorder which allows analysis of average words used in speaking, relays the signal to a receptor.  The person on the other end hears some form of a hedge normally, even if it is merely a 1/2 second pause in delivery.  Then, a hypotenuse can be drawn, between originator and receptor, a subtopic through which the hedge is made.  It's a triangulation, a triangle graph showing something like a target.  It works every time, just like a trace on a phone call.

And how does that show more than the place in speech or "when" people lie?  Because there is a structure to get to a certain point in a subtopic.  Analyzing the structure of why topics are brought up and the order in which the subtopics appear under that more general topic, allow one to see "why" people lie.  The place and reason are inextricably linked.

Yep, all in a day's work one can debunk people's lying words.  It may keep them up thinking about how to lie and rehearsing it, but I get a good night's rest after exposing it.