There are deceptive people in security/behavior space who exaggerate their expertise. They use ambiguous language. E.g., "I trained military personnel" may refer to life coaching people w/ military backgrounds. "FBI-trained": maybe they once took an online class from FBI person

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"I can't abide, standing inside the fire." - Garth Brooks, fire and safety professional

Idea: Marie Kondo wakes up one morning and realizes one of her kids doesn't spark joy at that moment and decides to get rid of it.

.@PivitStudios talked to me about poker tells. Asked some good questions, including about my past World Series of Poker consultations. youtube.com/watch?v=oWhsSa…

Uncut Gems 2

My Substack is #45 in their US Politics category defusingamericananger.substack.com

Got a very nice shoutout from The Liberal Patriot about my work. Thank you! My substack is here: defusingamericananger.substack.com

More of sone of the frequent thanks I get exposing the charlatan Chase Hughes (@nciuniversity, member of the thebehaviorpanel).

You may have heard the idea that you can get clues about deception based on what direction someone is looking. But is that true? Or just bullshit? A talk with respected deception researcher Tim Levine: youtube.com/watch?v=sE7pKY…

Do they look up and to the left? Or up and to the right? Does it matter whatsoever?