• Viceversa@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    However an incomplete truth is via omission, thus making it a lie.

    Can an incomplete truth be not a lie if it’s incomplete, because the speaking person just doesn’t know the whole truth?

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      6 days ago

      When you say something fully believing it, it is not a lie, regardless of factual/objective correctness.

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        5 days ago

        And if you know that what you know isn’t the full truth, but still telling what you know and not revealing your suspicions?

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          3 days ago

          So not fully believing it then? Does not need to be a lie, but omitting things can be a lie.