So, it's interesting. When I think about lying in terms of "confidence" and an engineer's natural tendency to "analyze" things.<p>The waters get pretty muddy. Say we were headed into a battle situation and you ask me are we going to make it. I start "analyzing" well they do out number us but we do have a better tactical ... and you get more stressed and under perform(aka get us all killed). Shouldn't I have said "Hell ya, we're going to win we're the most powerful fighting force on the planet."<p>Same applies to interview situations, etc.