Former FBI Agent Explains How to Read Body Language | Tradecraft | WIRED
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Former FBI Agent Explains How to Read Body Language | Tradecraft | WIRED
All Comments (21)
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Everyone with anxiety: moves around FBI: he’s the one
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When a fist lands in someone’s face that body language tells me that they don’t like each other.
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I loved when he said we blink 8 times per minute and then blinks 7 times in ten seconds
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Key takeaway: Every body language is transmitting some sort of information. Just try to assess but do not over-judge, especially if someone cross their arms or roll their eyes in different direction. It may not mean anything. Also, you can move around to identify the most comfortable space with others
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I can tell by his body language he is saying "please get me a taller chair"
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Girl: screams at me Me: ah yes, according to the body language, she is angry
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This guy gives me some comfort. I’m highly anxious and do a lot of the things some of the other body language people say indicate deception. It’s just my anxiety. I’m glad to see this guy looks at it differently.
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Carrying a bouquet upside down might be a general European thing. I'm German and as far as I know most of us also carry our flowers that way. My mum tought me to do this because it alledgedly keeps the flowers fresher.
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His body language told me that he was thinking “so these idiots think I can teach 40+ years of experience and education in a 15 minute video”.
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"Forehead can reveal the amount of stress we had during the life" Oh boi, poor Gordon Ramsay
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As a non-spy and non-European, I have carried flowers that way. If you go walking along holding the flowers upright, the weight of the flower blossoms is bouncing on the stems and it only takes a little damage to the stems before the flowers wilt. However if you carry them upside down there is far less weight on the stems and so your less likely to do damage to them. Its really kind of obvious. While I can see why he thought it means the person was European, it might just has well have meant he was smart.
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I like this guy. He's got very good energy and I love his relaxed but yet serious mood he's got going on. Also very intelligent and he definitely is a very confident dude. I don't know this guy but he's got my respect.
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Dude, this is confidential.
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“How we walk has meaning” For example, if someone has a limp, there is a chance they are injured.
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This topic is so interesting because of how unconscious body language sometimes is. Even if the spy knows they’re being assessed, it’s still kinda hard to hide their nervousness or reaction to a certain cue. For us I think it’s pretty worth learning to be confident in events when necessary
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I found his observation of the poker players fascinating . It would be interesting to show a longer segment on that .
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FBI men in movies: “That man’s blood type is o-negative, his father Bob was killed in a car accident and his last meal was a taco.”
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I will now never lose another game of UNO again.
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Excellent video! So helpful. Appreciate it very much, and it shows clearly that this is a good man.
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As an autistic person (with ADHD as well), I wonder what would happen if he tried interpreting my movements because I do a lot of random nonverbal movements and don't do a lot of "those nonverbals that neurotypical people just do instinctively when talking to someone." whereas I don't even know they exist.
