I think we're saying the same thing. People manipulate one another through communication, not only in a criminal-justice setting, but also in business and relat

I think we're saying the same thing. People manipulate one another through communication, not only in a criminal-justice setting, but also in business and relationships. Using "false-confidence" as a metric is simply reminding us that deception has no connection with objective truth. You can lie even while communicating something that is objectively true. You can also lie while intentionally displaying outrageously high false-confidence (i.e., jokes). It is easier to reason about this topic if we choose the right name.