David_Gerard comments on White Lies - Less Wrong

38 Post author: ChrisHallquist 08 February 2014 01:20AM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 10 February 2014 08:26:03AM 3 points [-]

That doesn't, however, make the response incorrect.

Comment author: ChristianKl 10 February 2014 11:54:21AM 0 points [-]

It depends on her reputation for being good at detecting when people lie to her.

If she has a reputation for being good at it and openly makes it known that she punishes people for lying to her, people will less likely lie to her. She only has a problem if people believe that she can't effectively punish people for lying to her because she doesn't spot the lies.