She can describe a past incident and tell a lie, skills once thought to be exclusively human.

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Hani's one requirement for cooperation with Ferris is that he never tell a lie -- which is a bit rich in the circumstances.

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After all, we cannot tell a lie.

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To tell a plausible lie, children must be able to understand how others see things.

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So they print money to tell themselves and us a lie, just as easy Fed policy and massive purchases of Treasury securities tell the government the lie that it is creditworthy.

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"The ability to have a strong moral compass, and know the difference between a lie you should tell and one you shouldn't is very important, " he says.

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Before the arrival of humans, the Hosts would always tell the truth, and the sound of a lie fills them with ecstasy.

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The lie which those subjects are asked to tell is a small one: they have to persuade Dr Langleben, or one of his assistants, that they are holding a particular playing card when often they are actually holding a different one.

ECONOMIST: Lie detection

To tell you I had expected this level of physical prowess when I signed up to write this story would be a blatant lie.

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