Othello error Othello error Othello error occurs when a suspicious observer discounts cues of truthfulness. Essentially the Othello error occurs, Paul Ekman states, "when the lie catcher fails to consider that a truthful person who is under stress may appear to be lying" their non-verbal signals expressing their worry at the possibility of being disbelieved. A lie-detector or polygraph may be deceived in the same way, by misinterpreting nervous signals from a truthful person. The error is named after William Shakespeare's tragic play "Othello"; the dynamics between the two main characters, Othello and Desdemona, are a particularly well-known example of the error
Filming Othello as a monologuist, proclaiming: "There are too many regrets, there are too many things I wish I could have done over again. If it wasn't a memory, if it was a project for the future, talking about "Othello" would have been nothing but delight. After all, promises are more fun than explanations. In all my heart, I wish that I wasn't looking back on "Othello", but looking forward to it. That "Othello" would be one hell of a picture. Goodnight." "Filming Othello" was made between 1974 and 1978. It was intended to be the first in a series of documentaries