Governments have been known to lie and while sometimes the lies are small, other times they can be large. As social scientists explore why governments lie, , a professor of , explains in this that even when the government lies, a proportion of the population believes that information, putting pressure on others who don't.
鈥淵ou might look around and see that other people seem to believe it and conclude it鈥檚 not worth sticking your neck out to challenge the mistruth,鈥 Little is quoted as saying. He says that government lies seem to increase when 鈥渢here鈥檚 strong social pressure to fall in line.鈥
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