On Oct 9, 2013, at 6:46 PM, David Burgess <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Jim Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > So asking the question is stupid(*), because a lie is indistinguishable from > the truth. > > > I disagree on that point. Even if one is sure to get a "no" answer, > regardless of the truth, it is still useful to ask the question for at least > two reasons I can think of: > > 1. To get the response on record. The responders can be held accountable > should it ever come out they knowingly lied. > > 2. To examine the response for credibility. A simple yes or no answer might > not yield much, but such is rarely the case. If the answer is delayed, > unclear, couched in a bunch of rhetoric or handwaving, delayed or avoided, > then any or all of these things will be taken into account by those asking > the question or observing the response. This is a principle that is > understood by courts of law, psychologists, interrogators, and people of > intuition. IMO, this bullshit thread only serves to assist those asking the question in stroking their own ego. It doesn’t contribute anything to the project.
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