Franchesca Ramsey

Social media, unfortunately, just makes it a lot easier to be jealous. It sets up false expectations of reality, so it's really easy to look at someone else's life online and assume that they have everything going great for them and that their life is perfect.

American Comedian

George Vecsey

Athletes are used to battling. The public would never learn their names if professional athletes had not shown courage at an early age. They learn they can overcome, but sometimes this becomes a false sense of security that leads them to the edge.

American Author

Wayne Dyer

The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.

American Psychologist

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

I am falsely accused, without proof, of using my position for personal profit. Many who accuse me have lifestyles and spending habits that make them walking proofs of that crime.

Filipino Statesman

Hannah Fry

Every criminal-justice system has to find some kind of balance between protecting the rights of innocent people falsely accused of crimes and protecting the victims of crimes.

English Mathematician

Gloria Guinness

I've never worn costume jewelry in my life. It's really very self-defeating. Why should a man buy a woman real jewelry when she wears false pieces?

Mexican Editor

Hozier

I don't like false happy endings, and I don't think the real world is such a forgiving place.

Irish Musician

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

Roman Statesman

Eric Mabius

You do have to follow your heart, otherwise you're living a false life.

American Actor

Felix Dennis

British Publisher

Use 'false' to warn someone about incorrect facts or misconceptions they may have.

Misinformation Alert

Point out incorrect reasoning or misunderstanding in an argument or discussion.

Critical Thinking

Indicate when a person is not genuinely feeling the emotion they're displaying.

Insincere Emotions

Indicates that a person's friendly behavior might hide their true motives.

Disguised Intent

Use 'false' for things designed to look like the real thing but are not authentic.

Counterfeit Items

Use 'false' to question the legitimacy of a document, signature, or item.

Validity Check

Suggests someone is hiding their real intentions behind a facade.

Hidden Motives

Alerts that something may be intended to trick or mislead by looking other than it is.

Appearance Deception

Describes a note played incorrectly that disrupts the melody or harmony.

Musical Accuracy

Implies a lack of emotional truth or connection in a musical performance.

Sincerity in Music

 And you hear a rustle in the grass. Is it a dangerous predator, or is it just the wind? Your next decision could be the most important one of your life. Well, if you think that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator and it turns out it's just the wind, you've made an error in cognition, made a Type I error, false positive.

The pattern behind...

 Also, don't let anyone spread the myth that boys are innately better than girls at math. That is completely false. If you experience math anxiety, it may not help to just know that math anxiety exists. Or perhaps it's reassuring to put a name to the problem. Regardless, if you take a look around yourself,

Why do people get so...

 are qualitatively different from those based on real experiences. This suggests that creating a false story about a personal topic takes work and results in a different pattern of language use. A technology known as linguistic text analysis has helped to identify four such common patterns

The language of lying —...

 world in two steps so our first step is assuming everything is true and then we verify it we say oh is it actually true or false I'm going to tag it accordingly so I actually see this as the pink elephant view of the world so when I say pink elephant all of a sudden for a

Storytelling can be...

 will yield 'ozo' if the hypothetical question is true and 'ulu' if it's false regardless of what each word actually means. Unfortunately, this doesn't help us with Arr. But don't worry, we can use our first question to identify one alien lord

Can you solve the three...

 as part of the collective acquisition of new knowledge. Finding ways to improve the reproducibility of our results can help us weed out those false starts more effectively, keeping us moving steadily toward exciting new discoveries.

Is there a reproducibilit...

 was was done by uh jv and me um and unfortunately there's a someone else and another co-founder who has made it his life's mission uh to make it sound like he he created the company which is false wasn't there another issue

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 which includes crimes like embezzlement, pyramid schemes, and false insurance claims. This wasn't just the work of a few bad apples. The truth is that many people are susceptible not only to the temptation to commit fraud

How people rationalize...

 she is thought to be the first of her kind in the world to hunt seals in this riding the tide she carefully enters her young calf in tow one false move and she risks stranding them both

Orca's Extraordinary...

 one of several deep-sea species never before filmed at these depths this false cat shark another deep sea dweller passes by but chooses not to attempt any biting of the bait

False

Not true or correct.

Often appears as...

Pretending to feel or behave in a certain way.

Often appears as...

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Fake or not real.

Often appears as...

Not being what it appears to be.

Often appears as...

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Of a note, sung or played inaccurately.

Often appears as...

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Misinformation Alert

Critical Thinking

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