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To: epicure who wrote (29976)	2/16/2004 5:51:29 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793674

I think the studies you refer to suggest that teenagers--not adults--who are good liars are more popular and socially successful than those who do not lie. news.bbc.co.uk I don't think the studies have shown that this trait correlates positively with adult social success and popularity, and I doubt that they would, in fact I think the opposite is true, but I'm all ears.

To: epicure who wrote (29976)	2/16/2004 5:52:28 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793674

I'm not about to argue that lying and cheating are good things, although there is some evidence that situational lying and cheating are advantageous. Still, it just doesn't sit well with me. What surprises me, though, is that anyone would put those peccadillos at the top of the hierarchy of evil. If you need a brain operation and the top surgeon is having an affair with his neighbor, would anyone in his right mind go to a second-tier surgeon? I think not. We have the ability to compartmentalize and differentiate and so does the surgeon. When he's wearing his mask and gloves, he's a surgeon, not a cheating husband. The affair may end up damaging his marriage and his girlfriend's marriage, but it won't have any effect on my surgery.