Turns out, lying is super-dangerous. Not only will it set your pants aflame, it will hurt your health.
This nugget of advice comes from Anita E. Kelly, a psychology professor at the University of Notre Dame. (It also comes from my mother, but her research isn't scientifically-based).
Kelly and her team recruited 72 adults and randomly assigned them to two groups: a "sincerity group" and a control group. The control group wasn't given specific instructions, but the sincerity group was told the following:
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