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The honest suffer when everyone lies, true. That can be fixed by raising the cost of lying, rather than accepting it as the norm with consequences. Humans hav
by jbert 16y ago
The honest suffer when everyone lies, true.
That can be fixed by raising the cost of lying, rather than accepting it as the norm with consequences.
Humans have a tool for this, it's called reputation.
The more we accept, say, that all politicians are liars, the more both the honest and the listener suffer.
We should be outraged when someone has been shown to lie. It should be a resigning matter.
- jbooth 16y agoOr at least when it's lying repeatedly and deliberately. Fox News shouldn't have an audience (this is not a statement about conservatism, it's a statement about Fox News). But if you're confirming people's biases, particularly regarding some "other" being the enemy (this week it's muslims in NYC), then the truth is going to take a back seat to that warm feeling of self-righteousness.
- anamax 16y ago> Or at least when it's lying repeatedly and deliberately. Fox News shouldn't have an audience (this is not a statement about conservatism, it's a statement about Fox News). It's curious that you only mentioned Fox. Many of my progressive friends think that the NYT and ABC, CBS, and NBC shouldn't have audiences either, for pretty much the same reason.
- jbooth 16y agoI'll stand by the statement.
- moultano 16y agoWhat I've realized is that people hate being bored more than they hate anything else, even being lied to.
- istari 16y agoYou know how most people decide when someone is telling the truth? I agree with him = he's honest. I disagree with him = he's lying. Very few people care about object evidence that goes against what they believe in.