@vanjajaja1 without social context I would think of a statement as inaccurate or false (depending if there's range of possibilities or more of a binary statement) ... imo a "lie" needs a speaker and an audience, and the audience needs to be actually deceived abt the speaker's mental state / belief abt the world (otherwise it could be sarcasm or hyperbole or etc)- and it's also not a "lie" imo if the speaker is accurately representing their mental state but their mental state doesn't match observed reality- like, describing a hallucination "there's a guy standing right over there" - it isn't a "lie" imo, it's a misperception
@vanjajaja1 and then the communication itself is imperfect and I consider errors in communication different than "lies" as well... speaker's intent to speaker's words said to audiences' words heard to audiences' understanding intent & understanding depend on integrating the words w context
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Quote tweet · Nov 20, 2023what I mean by "social context" https://x.com/mimi10v3/status/1726769581081907547Reply · Nov 20, 2023Being called a liar / dishonest is super upsetting to me, but also I would only use those words for intentional deception about important things w…Quote tweet · Jan 13, 2024true.... the difference between lying as literal true/false statements vs like, lying as motivated self-serving deceptionTweet · Aug 26, 2026what's your definition of "lying" and where are you on the spectrum?