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Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web? by abyrne10 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:29PM (#30088580)
I would argue that a lie involves deliberate deception, not just untruth. Fiction, then, is not a lie, as by definition it is something imagined or invented, and therefore not created to deceive.
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Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web? by bbarnett on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:22PM (#30089484)
I think deceive was created to explain the difference in intent.
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