Why Do We Lie?

Why Do We Lie? - A man in San Francisco ran his car into a telegraph pole. When the police questioned him, his description of the event was as follows: "The pole was approaching my car, when I attempted to swerve out of the way and it struck me". Was he lying, technically no, he was just placing the blame upon the telegraph pole. That's just distorting the facts, real lying however, requires, a whole new level of dedication and cognitive thinking. From a scientific point of view, being a good lier is tremendously difficult. So why do humans do it? Let's find out. SUBSCRIBE - New Videos Every Monday & Thursday https://www.youtube.com/user/Thoughty2 Help me make better videos, support me on Patreon: http://bit.ly/1II0lLh FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thoughty2/439001992823183 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Thoughty_2 THOUGHTY2 MERCHANDISE: http://thoughty2.spreadshirt.com