Truth and lies are Siamese twins, joined at the lips. Nor the celluloid era of Meg Ryan as Sally in that restaurant scene. Our experience does show that we are capable of believing anything, that our primitive brains take appearance at face value. Betrayal and self-deception as a cause of human tragedy are as old as story and song. Islands in the Clickstream is a weekly column written by Richard Thieme exploring social and cultural dimensions of computer technology.
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