"It may be human nature to lie, but it's written all over our face." "The truth is written all over our faces." "Tha average person lies three times per ten minutes in conversation." "We all look the same when we lie." "Everything you see in this show is grounded in actual science." "When you're dishonest, your body shows it."

I think I missed some of the most outrageous lies sprouted in the trailer for the drama series "Lie to me" by the fair and balanced FOX network. With impunity FOX claims that everyone is the same, and I wonder why FOX wants to promote such subversive, 'communist' thoughts.

Psychology knows the phenomenon of a 'pathological liar', and it's part of the education within intelligence services to learn to inhibit typical bodily reactions towards 'telling lies'. Science has shown already that some people can escape from even the most advanced forms of 'lie detection'. However, the implicit lie sold as byproduct has even more hazardous consequences.

Nothing less than Dawkin's dogma of the existence of an objectively observable truth shines through the series of deceptive trailers, "grounded in actual science". The cage of Aristotelian logic allows FOX to give us a double whammy: Disinformation about deceptive behaviour and reinforcement of limiting beliefs.

Being aware of a lie needs empathy. If I don't know or notice that I potentially hurt/abuse/use another person by telling my unshared and/or unsubstantiated perspective of events, why should I care? An empathic human being would certainly hesitate before taking a decision that kills innocent life. Bush and Blair propagated a lie (according to facts), with predictable fatal consequences.

Deception exists a lot in nature. Chameleons change their colour, orchids mimic the appearance of horny insects, fish lure their prey with fake bait, etc. Stealth, observance, strength, speed and deception keep predators alive.

Let's do the crazy thing of comparing the successful strategies of predatory animals with the structures of government.

Stealth. Wild cats hide in the vegetation, often have camouflage pattern on their fur, and approach their prey against the wind. The prey feels safe until an immediate attack. Governments have intelligence agencies, which infiltrate social movements, collect and collate all sorts of individual data, all unaccountable to the general public. Let's call the least subtle form of stealth 'national security'.

Observance. Crocodiles just poke their eyes out of the water, using stealth to observe their prey. If their prey is caught in a habit, using the same entry twice, they strike. Collective hunters act even smarter. Most herds or schools seem impossible to penetrate, but once the mass is divided, the split individuals can easily be conquered. Representatives of the government never get tired in propagating the 'evil' groups in society, the terrorists, the dole bludgers, the incesteous native people, the bloody foreigners, internet pirates, etc. Observation helps to devise strategies for divide and conquer, employed in the hunt. Satellite surveillance, CCTV, phone records, bank statements, etc create a transparent 'citizen'.

Strength. Force brings down the prey. Guns and tazers silence resistance. The monopoly to deploy force lies in the hands of the state. Say no more.

Speed. The cheetah surprises its prey by its speed. The governmental predators simply use the time between elections to redistribute taxpayers money as 'bailout', 'economic initiative' to their friends. Or to pass legislation restricting individual freedom. Patriot I, the enslavement of the US population, passed congress less than 24 hours from when it was presented, similar to other stupid 'anti-terror' legislations world wide. Rushed in, useless, and extended since then.

Deception. "There are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.", "The boat is full.", "We need to help the banks." Giving a governmental spin on discoveries of how fucked up governments act helps creating a commonly believed lie. However, spin means that we have to deal with multiple sources repeating the same message, not a single individual 'showing with his body that he lies'. Although the banking industry creates the current crisis, they can use it to concentrate more wealth in their hands.

But of course, this just adds up to a conspiracy theory. We live in a 'transparent democracy', with every move of a leader better known than any character in a daily soap. No police man, no politician evva turned out to be corrupt in this perfect country, still continuing its slow genocide.

Not every lie can be detected, but just few people want to deceive us, and can do so undetected (by observable reactions of them). Denial of the existence of the charming uncaring psychopathic liars grants them more power. Which makes me wonder why Rupert Murdock promotes so much lies about the nature of lying.