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Calling it lying is going overboard. Sometime what happens is that people overgeneralize from the domain they know to domains they don't. Engineers, because we
by Jun8 16y ago
Calling it lying is going overboard. Sometime what happens is that people overgeneralize from the domain they know to domains they don't. Engineers, because we are problem solvers, are especially prone to do this, whenever we are given a problem, we like to offer a solution.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoI feel like I'm repeating myself in my replies and I do apologize, but I feel that there is a distinction between outright making something up, asserting assumptions as false and being wrong. I think that if you preface something with "I think...", you're disclosing the fact that you are unsure or are making an assumption and that that falls outside the realm of this discussion, generally.
- spiffytech 16y agoDisclosure works in the situations when one is unsure of one's facts. The question extends beyond that situation, though. When you say something wrong that you were sure of your credibility is damaged at least as badly as if you said something you were unsure of. I appreciate the advice of disclosure that you and many others in this topic have given, and I will definitely be more arduous in disclosing when I am unsure of something, or just plain stay quiet. I would, however, still like to address not speaking incorrectly when I'm sure of my facts.