Oftentimes white lies are told to protect someone from hearing something that will hurt their feelings. That’s why one of the most common types of lies is a white lie, that is, a lie considered to be harmless.
Well maybe, but it doesn’t sound very likely, does it? According to some sources, lying was first used by humans to promote cooperation and to create bonds between individuals. So does this mean that it’s possible for all humans to evolve out of lying? What started as a moral obligation to tell the truth may have become a physiological trait of the members of this unique tribe. They may have less gray matter in the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for creating lies. Some psychologists believe that over time, their emphasis on truth-telling caused changes in brain chemistry. The Tarahumara still place this value system above all else.
In doing so, they also maintained a strict moral code based on utmost honesty.
The Tarahumara people, famed for their long distance running, avoided the influence of outsiders for thousands of years. What if just for a day you were incapable of telling a lie, no matter how small?Īccording to anthropologists, there is a tribe that dwells in the mountains of Central America who are unable to lie, ever. A study showed that 99 percent of people lie, and even the few who claimed not to, probably also are lying. The average person lies twice in the first ten minutes of meeting someone new, and up to 50 percent of the time when speaking to their mother.
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