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What is a liar?

Submitted by Sarah Tabi on Sat, 04/25/2009 - 10:22pm.
After learning about the neurobiological foundation behind the storyteller, I started to think about the concept of a liar. What would constitute a liar if we create stories in order to account for changes in the cognitive unconscious for our memory?  We even discussed how confabulators generate stories to make sense of information, so how can one accuse another of being a liar?  Is someone a liar because their story isn't consistent with mine? But then who am I to say that my story is truer than the person I am accusing of being a liar to begin with?

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