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The Surprising Truth About Lying
unprecedented amount of capital into our next-
generation research platform, Project Chimera, to set a
new global standard.” Project Chimera. Total fantasy.
The name sounded like something from a superhero
movie and implied a billion dollars they wouldn't
spend.
The Wall of Wank: This was his masterpiece. Drown
the critics in a verbal ocean of unreadable science. He
began weaving a ridiculous tapestry of specialized
nonsense: “Our initial internal review highlights the
requirement for fully blinded, longitudinal, deep-dive
trials specifically targeting the nuanced interaction
between the neural GABAergic pathways and the
cellular depolarization kinetic rates within the medial
prefrontal cortex, a complex modelling challenge that
is being solved using our new dedicated quantum
computation cluster.” It was all real science terms,
stitched together to mean: Shut up, we know more
than you do, so trust us, you idiot.
The Pretty Face: You can't let a lie stand naked. You
dress it up in the most trustworthy uniform possible.
Henry chose Dr. Anya Sharma, Cerulean’s Chief Ethics
Officer. She had the perfect look: gentle eyes, quiet
conviction, years of genuine volunteer work on her
resume. She was useless for making money but
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