LPT: You can check if someone is lying in under 3 minutes by using this trick

When I was younger, my father was in the military and he taught me how to interrogate people to get information about enemy positions. Since I've been working as a bail enforcement officer, I have found this to be incredibly useful at tracking down fugitives.<br><br>This is known as "active listening" and it consists of two parts:<br><br>**1.** **Establishing baseline:** Before you ask any questions, find something the person says to be interesting. Then, bring it up again a few questions later. This is important because lies are much harder to pull off when the person asking the questions knows what their voice sounds like when they're telling the truth or lying.<br><br>**2.** **Listening:** When you're asking your questions, give the person the opportunity to fully answer your questions. After they finish, listen for how quickly they answer, how much they hesitate, how much they qualify what they're saying, how much they avoid answering your questions, and how much they change their story when you ask the same question twice.<br><br>If someone is telling the truth, they'll usually talk slowly, answer all of your questions, and not change their story when you ask the same question twice. If someone is lying, they'll usually talk quickly and avoid answering your questions.<br><br>**The time component:** I've found that most people can maintain a lie for about 3 minutes before they start to break down and change their story. If someone is able to answer all of your questions without changing their story for 3 minutes, they're probably telling the truth.<br><br>This is useful for interviews, interrogations, polygraphs, etc.