Sincerity, Real and Fake

Jim Mason
2 min readJul 31, 2021

Can we tell the difference?

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“Always be sincere, whether you really are or not” is a cynical piece of advice that I heard long ago. It seems to work well for politicians, pundits, and other sales people.

The reactions to the recent testimony of police officers before the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol are an interesting example of…

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Jim Mason

I study language, cognition, and humans as social animals. You can support me by joining Medium at https://jmason37-80878.medium.com/membership