Vladimir_Nesov comments on Not Technically Lying - Less Wrong
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Words are presumably more intrusive on the mind, injecting crafty inferences that are far out of the search space offered by other actions.
Sometimes. Clearly NOT in the case given in the example. Also not in many other cases. There's a reason people think prediction markets might be a good idea. For that matter, there's a reason why it's illegal to impersonate a police officer and many other types of people distinguished by costume etc.