How technology could kill the art of lying

Re:How technology could kill the art of lying by Xcelerate on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @04:06PM (#9854258)

I can't wait for this to happen. I cannot stand lying, and it's my belief that a good majority of issues people face in their lives come down to lying or deceit (lying by omission).

How refreshing it would be if everyone was utterly sincere to each other.

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Re:How technology could kill the art of lying by task_queue on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @05:08PM (#9854597)

Judging by those with Aspergers I know, they are as close to that as you'll get.

It leads to dysfunctional behaviors because people don't want to earnestly told that their face is ugly when they first meet someone and every time after that.

Honesty can be brutal.

This also leads to another issue: when the data is centralized like this, those who oversee it can never be held to the level of accountability they hold others to.

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Re:How technology could kill the art of lying by Xcelerate on Thursday July 09, 2015 @12:48AM (#9856198)

> people don't want to earnestly told that their face is ugly

This says more about society than honesty. If we collectively quit valuing physical beauty (you know -- something you're born with and can't control), that kind of statement wouldn't be an issue. Say "I'm bad at basketball" and no one cares. Say "I'm unintelligent" and everyone does.

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Re:How technology could kill the art of lying by Retra on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @07:17PM (#9855258)

You have to place relevance before truth if you're not going to be a liar.

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Re:How technology could kill the art of lying by wrsh07 on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @05:27PM (#9854720)

There's a lovely parable about this in I, Robot [the book].

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Re:How technology could kill the art of lying by bentcorner on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @04:23PM (#9854340)

IMO, never going to happen, at least not 100%. If I believe in something that is not true, and my belief in that belief is true and sincere, am I lying?

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Re:How technology could kill the art of lying by Xcelerate on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @04:27PM (#9854358)

I should have used only sincere then. It's been shown that people can convince themselves that something they initially knew was false is true just by repeatedly lying to themselves.

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Re:How technology could kill the art of lying by frost_knight on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @04:34PM (#9854404)

If you say something that you sincerely believe is true, but isn't, then you aren't lying...you're wrong. Important difference.

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