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In addition to the "no filter" comment


just because you know someone is not lying doesn't mean you automatically believe everything you're told. The person could be simply mistaken, or even mentally ill.

Also, if there's no such thing as lying, then the main characters should have no moral qualms about lying. Why did he hesitate before sleeping with the woman he lied to about the Earth being destroyed? Did he not find her attractive after all?

Finally, acting and fiction is not the same as lying and lies. There's no reason that there shouldn't be fiction in this world.








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again, you people, most humans on earth, are so addicted to lying, you no longer know what honesty is. if you say the whole truth you shouldn't have filter, if you say half truth without lying, you are still lying, which is the concept used in courts about saying the whole truth. it has a concept in arabic called "tadlees".

it's almost not possible in a world of absolute truth to make a mistake because you use an accurate language of probability. and no one will say something perfectly true unless they are absolutely sure it's true. they would speak like witttgenstein. besides in a world of absolute truth people are absolutely naive.

mental illness is lying to yourself which is impossible in that world. that's why a depressed person speak about suicide but never do it, because he is healing himself all the time by honestly talking about it, it would never develope to sever depression.

after he lied then lying did exist after he invented it. but still his problem wasn't with lying, for him to be able to have sex, to get his penis to be able to work he needed to feel accepted. that's why he's not a rapist. people who rape don't need acceptance to function.

acting and fiction are the essence of lying. how old are you?

i mostly will not be able to answer your reply, since marissa mayer hacked my email, no notification

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