171. Where Is the Line Between Exaggeration and Lying? | No Stupid Questions

Explores why people exaggerate and when “emotional truth” crosses into lying.

Behavioral economicsPodcast episodeintroductoryemotional languagehunger and exaggerationliteral vs figurativemisrepresentationmotivated reasoningsocial normsAngela DuckworthMike Maughan

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