~ Why I Invented Language ~

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Beauty wrote:Lying to deceive others is wrong, lying to defend oneself is not, I believe. However, if a way could be found as to not have to lie at all, that would be the best I believe.
Lying to deceive another and save a life is good. Lying to defend oneself to kill another is wrong.
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The OP is working from a false presupposition. Every example of lying involves a deliberate misrepresentation of what the speaker thinks/believes. Doing that requires language. Since it is the case that lying requires language, it cannot be the case that language was invented as a means to lie.

That's more than enough to effectively dismiss what the OP claims.

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creativesoul wrote:The OP is working from a false presupposition. Every example of lying involves a deliberate misrepresentation of what the speaker thinks/believes. Doing that requires language. Since it is the case that lying requires language, it cannot be the case that language was invented as a means to lie.
Actually lying does not have to involve spoken langauge. Chimps are masters of deceit.
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Hobbes' Choice wrote:
creativesoul wrote:The OP is working from a false presupposition. Every example of lying involves a deliberate misrepresentation of what the speaker thinks/believes. Doing that requires language. Since it is the case that lying requires language, it cannot be the case that language was invented as a means to lie.
Actually lying does not have to involve spoken langauge. Chimps are masters of deceit.
I wouldn't equate deceitfulness with lying.
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Think I see where our paths diverge...I consider ANY thought; ANY spoken word to be an estrangement of reality.

Thus, we lie whenever we speak.


Human beings cannot tell the truth.


You believe, that lying is a deliberate act.

...so like, it's not a lie if you believe it.


Pretty fucked-up.








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Bill Wiltrack wrote:.
Think I see where our paths diverge...I consider ANY thought; ANY spoken word to be an estrangement of reality.

Thus, we lie whenever we speak.
Is this a lie?
Human beings cannot tell the truth.
And this?
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Yes. They are ALL lies...


...kind-a just went over that.









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creativesoul wrote:
Hobbes' Choice wrote:
creativesoul wrote:The OP is working from a false presupposition. Every example of lying involves a deliberate misrepresentation of what the speaker thinks/believes. Doing that requires language. Since it is the case that lying requires language, it cannot be the case that language was invented as a means to lie.
Actually lying does not have to involve spoken langauge. Chimps are masters of deceit.
I wouldn't equate deceitfulness with lying.
Odd because every person I've ever met would associate the two and assert that lying entails deceit.
Indicating that deceit predates formal language. So the idea that lying post dates language is not a great argument against the rather more idiotic asserting that the raison d'etre of language was lying, which proposition is without evidence or merit on its own terms.
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So, it's not a lie unless you say it's a lie...


...pretty fucked-up...






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Bill Wiltrack wrote:.

So, it's not a lie unless you say it's a lie...


...pretty fucked-up...



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I think you might want to brush up on your comprehension skills billy boy.
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Bill Wiltrack wrote:.Yes. They are ALL lies...

...kind-a just went over that.
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So this is a lie then?
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YES. As my definition!

All words; ALL thoughts are an estrangement of reality. [presses lips, squints eyes, breathes out...]







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Bill Wiltrack wrote:.





YES. As my definition!

All words; ALL thoughts are an estrangement of reality. [presses lips, squints eyes, breathes out...]


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Been referring to them as a hobbe choice.





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Bill Wiltrack wrote:.YES. As my definition!

All words; ALL thoughts are an estrangement of reality. [presses lips, squints eyes, breathes out...]
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So you're lying about this then?
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