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minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours ago However an incomplete truth is via omission, thus making it a lie. Can an incomplete truth be not a lie if it’s incomplete, because the speaking person just doesn’t know the whole truth?
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-219 hours agoWhen you say something fully believing it, it is not a lie, regardless of factual/objective correctness.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoAnd if you know that what you know isn’t the full truth, but still telling what you know and not revealing your suspicions?
Can an incomplete truth be not a lie if it’s incomplete, because the speaking person just doesn’t know the whole truth?
When you say something fully believing it, it is not a lie, regardless of factual/objective correctness.
And if you know that what you know isn’t the full truth, but still telling what you know and not revealing your suspicions?