They Studied Dishonesty. Was Their Work a Lie?An observer said, “We were, like, Holy shit, there are two different people independently faking data on the same paper.”Illustration by Bryce Wymer The half-bearded behavioral economist Dan Ariely tends to preface discussions of his work—which has inquired into the mechanisms of pain, manipulation, and lies—with a reminder that he comes by both his eccentric facial hair and his academic interests
