171. Where Is the Line Between Exaggeration and Lying?
No Stupid Questions12 Nov 2023

171. Where Is the Line Between Exaggeration and Lying?

Why do we use “literally” figuratively? Does conveying an "emotional truth" justify making things up? And are Angela’s kids really starving or just hungry?

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SOURCES:

  • Holly Cole, assistant professor of psychology at Wesleyan College.
  • Daniel Kahneman, professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University.
  • Mark Liberman, professor of linguistics and computer and information science at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Lois Lowry, author.
  • John McWhorter, professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia Unviersity.
  • Hasan Minhaj, comedian.

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