Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.brightview.co.uk!news.brightview.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 17:53:33 +0000 Subject: Re: The philosophy of computation reformulates existing ideas on a new basis --- Newsgroups: comp.theory References: From: Mike Terry Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 17:53:32 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Lines: 27 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-XwAxrdbOKkBX3NuZ01PgXiLuybdIAxwjXNXyGTp/rEOh43mQ3uaVByXyBYRb0raChLM7x5orVy/C4Cn!6KGGeBAPPvKSYi7bHFPUjvAyIYCJqbEkiNE6PpWBcs53dltmB/hpBZgaX7SFcOP6iquO+7R/UlLc!g+xEDJcUUYemL+1TRAFCFiFZ+ag= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3158 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...