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> If you print "40 millions", and it turns out to be 39, you've lied That’s not what lying is. To tell a lie is to intentionally state as fact something you kn
by nkrisc 2y ago
> If you print "40 millions", and it turns out to be 39, you've lied
That’s not what lying is. To tell a lie is to intentionally state as fact something you know to be false.
Being wrong isn’t lying.
- lazide 2y agoWhat about being so negligent in checking your facts that any reasonable person would know they’re wrong, but continuing forward anyway?
- nkrisc 2y agoCan’t really say based on only that.
- not2b 2y agoThe number is being reported accurately, but with only one digit of significance. Rounding 39 to 40 isn't lying and isn't deceitful.