CronoDAS comments on The Parable of the Dagger - Less Wrong

53 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 01 February 2008 08:53PM

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Comment author: Strange7 14 April 2014 02:29:46AM 8 points [-]

What, it doesn't count as a lie if it's in writing? That's a hell of a system of contract law they've got in this allegorical kingdom.

Comment author: CronoDAS 14 April 2014 03:19:17AM 0 points [-]

A statement that's neither true nor false can't be false...

Comment author: [deleted] 14 April 2014 03:55:20AM 2 points [-]

Yes, but lies needn't be falsities, any more than honest statements need be true.