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A reputation for lying is stronger evidence that the information might be false than is no reputation at all.
by Blahah 13y ago
A reputation for lying is stronger evidence that the information might be false than is no reputation at all.
- apalmer 13y agoNot really... Even taking all emotion out of it, a story from a source that is probably a lie convey s more emotion than a story from a completely unknown source.
- fphhotchips 13y agoI disagree. We must treat every anonymous source as if it has that reputation for lying, as otherwise a source can simply become anonymous to improve the credibility of their lies. Until, of course, a source presents evidence, at which point we evaluate the credibility of the evidence instead of the source.