Topic: Congruity
Congruity in psychological / NLP / persuasion terms is defined as your inner state matching your outer actions and words.
It is difficult to hide emotions which are exposed through facial expressions. They aren't always obvious, but manifest as micro expressions lasting for about a quarter of a second. Politicians, government agencies, and skilled salespeople train themselves to hide these expressions, but the unconscious mind will still recognize them. There are also ways to train yourself to recognize them, similarly the way the air force used to train their pilots to recognize different planes.
This leads me to a question...
Is congruity possible with an Organic Portal or non-human species? There is no emotion there.
I have to admit that the ideas of organic portals and aliens still seem far fetched to me, but I find something very perplexing. I have been trained to recognize facial micro expressions, and they are still perceptible on those who have been trained to hide them.
Now, how is it possible then for a cashier in a grocery store or a gas station employee to have 0 micro expressions? I have experimented with such people using emotional state elicitation techniques and I get nothing. I find it very disturbing.