Looking for the Lie by Robin Marantz Henig

This article was written for the New York Times Magazine and because of this it deals with cutting edge technologies and the issues surrounding them. Looking for the Lie dealt with the lie detector both old and research on new ones. The issues related to the invention of a better, fool proof lie detector would greatly affect society. The author writes to the audience to inform them of these issues that perhaps might be over looked when first thinking of the topic. What the audience has at stake is learning about the new technology and to allow them to decide in their own minds whether or not this technology is a good idea. However, the article also allows the reader to gather enough information to have a general conversation on the topic. This particular topic seems to be one of great interest, perhaps not something one would think about throughout the day. But given the chance to read something on the topic a reader would be propelled to read it by curiosity. Adults with children would be curious to learn more on the topic as their children may lie to them or they may just be curious if they lie to them. The audience's curiosity also might only be triggered with what the issues might be. Such issues include the invasion of privacy into "your" private world, or being force to tell the truth all the time. Curiosity is also aroused by the new technology itself such as the EEG with 128 sensors or the functional MRI. People are interested in the human body and how it works so brain mapping would be of great interest to them. Either way, lying is an issue that many think about, whether it be to lie themselves or if others are lying to them, that they can't do much about except perhaps not lie themselves, a task that may prove extremely daunting. On the other hand why should they stop lying if others won't and besides manners are considered a form of lying.