pnrjulius comments on The Third Alternative - Less Wrong

55 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 May 2007 11:47PM

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Comment author: Tom_Crispin 07 May 2007 04:32:59PM 8 points [-]

Encouraging your children to believe in Santa Claus teaches that you will lie to them because you think it's cute. I promised my daughter that I would never lie to her -- I might refuse to answer, but never lie.

Comment author: pnrjulius 27 May 2012 03:25:33AM 4 points [-]

Right! No wonder teenagers don't trust their parents; they know for a fact that their parents have lied to them in the past!