Twelfth Blog Assignment

 What Myers means by "lying is a cooperative act" is that a lie has no value until both parties agree to believe the lie. I do agree with this because its true that a successful lie needs to be believed. It works if someone lets themselves believe the lie. When Myers says lying is a way of connecting what we wish we were with what we are, I think she is trying to say that people lie to make themselves feel better about themselves. I would agree with Truth #2 because us as humans are morally against lying but then we see that it is incorporated into our very society. We see that in some situations lying can get us places, so we live with the morally wrong act. When people lie they tend to speak in more formal language while distancing themselves from their subject. People who lie tend to have slips in their own body language. It is important to learn these lie detection strategies because its important to know when you are being lied to. I think is honesty is worth preserving because it the morally right thing to do. We can preserve this by instilling honesty into our children. Its easier said then done but it is possible.