[ExI] article highly recommended

[William Flynn Wallace]

>
> That isn't true.  A real pro at lying knows that the best lies are the
> ones that tell part of the truth.
>
> ### A bit of truth in the service of deception is more like a lie, isn't
it?

If a liar mixes truth and lies in the service of his agenda, you cannot
trust any single part of his statement. You need to seek an independent,
trusted source and you must heavily discount everything the liar says. If
Hitler says it's day, it doesn't mean it's actually night, it's just you
need to look out the window to find truth.

Rafal
So is the best strategy to regard everyone as a possible liar?  We tend to
judge by who it is, our relationship to them, whether they are trying to
sell us things or ideas, and so on, and we may be not so good at judging
those things.  Our scientific stance is always to be skeptical.  Maybe that
is the best strategy in everyday life.  Perhaps so.  Would I lie to you?

bill w

On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 9:51 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki <
rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 12:24 PM William Flynn Wallace <
> foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> *Don't repeat the words of our enemies. All what they say are lies.*
>>>
>>
>> That isn't true.  A real pro at lying knows that the best lies are the
>> ones that tell part of the truth.
>>
>> ### A bit of truth in the service of deception is more like a lie, isn't
> it?
>
> If a liar mixes truth and lies in the service of his agenda, you cannot
> trust any single part of his statement. You need to seek an independent,
> trusted source and you must heavily discount everything the liar says. If
> Hitler says it's day, it doesn't mean it's actually night, it's just you
> need to look out the window to find truth.
>
> Rafal
>
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