Originally Posted by guest

"according to a 2002 study conducted by the university of massachusetts, 60% of adults can’t have a ten minute conversation without lying at least once. But even that number makes it sound better than it really is; those people in the study who did lie actually told an average of 3 lies during their brief chat. And i know you’re sitting there right now insisting you would be part of the 40% that didn’t lie. That’s what the liars in the study thought, too. When they watched the taped conversations back, they were shocked at how many fibs they had told."

"but before you vow never to trust anyone again, here’s some food for thought: A study by the university of toronto found that it is actually the most trusting people who are best able to tell when they are being lied to."

60% of people can't go 10 minutes without lying | mental floss

maybe a better question is "are you trusting?"