Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: The philosophy of computation reformulates existing ideas on a new basis --- Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 11:58:04 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 18:58:06 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="78d696b0e880e7e96a4aa9625f760657"; logging-data="508055"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19ceMGCax81x9uAG7bHPjK8" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:RIm/INiL8IkHJt/5jc5jRor+5ko= In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 241102-0, 11/1/2024), Outbound message Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3590 On 11/3/2024 11:53 AM, Mike Terry wrote: > On 03/11/2024 13:19, olcott wrote: >> On 11/3/2024 3:19 AM, Mikko wrote: >>> On 2024-11-02 10:21:09 +0000, Andy Walker said: >>> >>>> On 02/11/2024 08:43, Mikko wrote: >>>>>>> A false assertion is a lie even if nobody asserts it. >>>> [PO:] >>>>>> Not at all. The base meaning of {lie} requires intentional >>>>>> deception. >>>>> That may be its base meaning but the full meaning includes >>>>> all false statements. The statement itself does not change >>>>> when someone states it so there is no clear advantage in >>>>> saying that the statement was not a lie until someone stated >>>>> it. >>>> >>>>     Disagree.  There is a clear advantage in distinguishing those >>>> who make [honest] mistakes from those who wilfully mislead. >>> >>> That is not a disagreement. >>> >> >> The term "lie" is to only be applied to intentionally >> deceitful statements. To apply the term "lie" to statements >> not having intentional deceit itself intentional deceit. >> > > Not if the person making that claim sincerely believes it. :)  You are > being inconsistent here... Richard has said that he does not mean intentional deceit when he calls me a liar, yet uses the term "liar" anyway knowing that others will take this to mean intentional deceit. So Richard is a liar for calling me a liar. -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer