Horizon
Season 55 Episode 7 - A Week Without Lying - The Honesty Experiment
Deception is an integral part of human nature and it is estimated we all lie up to nine times a day. But what if we created a world in which we couldn't lie? In a radical experiment, pioneering scientists from across Europe have come together to make this happen. Brand new technology is allowing them to rig three British people to make it impossible for them to lie undetected. Then they will be challenged to live for a whole week without telling a single lie. It is a bold social experiment to discover the role of deception in our lives - to investigate the impact lying has on our mental state and the consequences of it for our relationships, and to ask whether the world would be a better or worse place if we couldn't lie.
Episodes in Season 55
My Amazing Brain: Richard's War
60 min
Teenagers vs Cancer: A User's Guide
60 min
How to Build a Time Machine
60 min
Spina Bifida & Me
60 min
Jupiter Revealed
60 min
Stopping Male Suicide
60 min
A Week Without Lying - The Honesty Experiment
60 min
The Placebo Experiment: Can My Brain Cure My Body?
60 min
Body Clock: What Makes Us Tick?
60 min
Avalanche: Making a Deadly Snowstorm
60 min
Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth?
60 min
Diagnosis on Demand? The Computer Will See You Now
60 min
The Contraceptive Pill: How Safe Is It?
60 min
