How technology could kill the art of lying

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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