Friday, February 13, 2009
Students of psychology would find an interesting case to study in a video interview of FG Mike Arroyo <"a href="http://www.gmanews.tv/video/36506">here.
(It is advisable to pause the video during crucial moments; a stop-motion approach would help in the mini-study)
Unless he's got alien physiology that would understandably show a different demeanour, MA's facial expressions are the classical showcase of lying.
Starting from 0:53, his eyes start to get shifty when saying 'That's not true' and is directed to one side that suggests he is trying to access something from what would be responsible for his imagination. Even when he says that "It's so ridiculous", the expression seems a feint; when he comes to the point when he says 'it's outrageous', the scrounching of the chin shows a lack of confidence in what he just said, or he finds itself (the saying of it) being funny.
Compare that to 0:36 where he says something straightforwardly with little emotional investment, to score propaganda points.
While that segment is clear, I need help with the footage starting from 1:13, where he says that 'if Lacson had witnesses, he would've brought them out already.' Now there is a hint at 1:16 of confidence that Lacson can't produce witnesses, almost a daring, with the millisecond shoot up of the eyebrows. Is that confidence from truth or lie? Then there is something sinister on 1:18 when he drops his jaw. Then his eyes become shifty again when he says 'That's all hearsay'; there he's obviously lying again. And then he forwards a belief -straightforwardly - when he mentions that Lacson's motivation is he's running for election.
If you tell lies all the time, there comes a point when you start believing it yourself. But our body is the truest confessor of our lies.
"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." - Abraham Lincoln
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Naturel
Floods in Queensland; Bushfires in Victoria. Nature fighting back?
Beaching of Dolphins in the Phils; Shark attacks at Sydney Harbour and Bondi Beach. Revenge of the Sea Creatures?
Apparently, the years-old ban on fishing in the Harbour has resulted in sharks being attracted to the waters. Shark feeding is around dusk and dawn, so it's better to avoid during those times.
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A year ago, the Aust government apologised to the Aborigines. Although they still have to be given full reparations, the apology is a great step towards reconciliation.
Posted at 09:07 pm by starsi
