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Can’t it be both? I’d you truly believe the earth is flat because the person who taught you geography purposely led you to believe so, isn’t that both a sincere

Can’t it be both? I’d you truly believe the earth is flat because the person who taught you geography purposely led you to believe so, isn’t that both a sincere belief and a lie?

krapp 4y ago
Yes, since the definition of 'lie' covers both intentional and unintentional deception, but I interpreted the above comment to be referring to intentional lies. " Maybe she figured out that making up bullshit gave her power" doesn't read as sincere belief to me.
- prawn 4y ago
  Depends who's defining "bullshit", I guess.
- kortilla 4y ago
  Using the definition of “lie” that includes unintentional false statements sort of dilutes it to be meaningless. It means everyone is a habitual liar (“you said it was 23C when it’s actually 23.5C you bald-faced liar!”).