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Re:Lie to Children by genman on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @06:06AM (#39677804)
> Leave it to HN to spend checks 57% of the toplevel comments debating whether the word "lie" in the term "lie to children" is in fact literally correct.

And it is not and it is hurting the debate and is causing secondary problems like it will hurt the scientific world view in general because they equate actual lies like made up stories created to deceive masses with scientific simplifications.

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Re:Lie to Children by javawizard on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @09:37PM (#39687141)
Does it though? I really don't know. On what observations or scientific evidence are you basing your statement?
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Re:Lie to Children by genman on Thursday March 14, 2024 @06:39AM (#39702216)
I have personally observed this kind of reasoning that (out of ignorance) equates arguments with very different importance. Being able to say that "scientists lie to the children" could easily become a serious argument for them.
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