{"id":280320,"date":"2020-10-13T17:17:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T21:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=280320"},"modified":"2020-10-13T17:23:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T21:23:26","slug":"facts-vs-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/13\/facts-vs-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts vs Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When studying the recent presidential debate<\/a>, the question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the philosophy of a ‘fact’ vs a ‘lie’?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Caught on tape = truth?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The camera lies. The camera (even if recording video footage) can either be taken out of context, doesn’t show the full footage, and can be skewed by the media in a “fake-news” angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When is one lying?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When someone asks you a direct question, and you either exaggerate it, ignore it, or say something totally contrary, are you ‘lying<\/em>‘?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The word ‘lie’ comes from the Proto Indo European *lewgh<\/a>, which means to ‘tell a falsehood’. But what is ‘false’ and what is ‘true’? Certainly from a philosophical perspective, it is all relative. Even statistics and numbers “lie”– every single statistic is a political strategy and ploy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On being a sucker vs winner?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’re a presidential nominee, your goal is to win. To do anything which hurts your chance of winning is bad. So in this sense, even though this is the unsavory truth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To lie, deceive, exaggerate, ignore … seems like a winning strategy (from a political angle). <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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POLITICS<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"american<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
  1. Who Wins Elections?<\/a><\/li>
  2. ERIC KIM CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS<\/a><\/li>
  3. How to Effectively Administer Propaganda<\/a><\/li>
  4. American is an Attitude<\/a><\/li>
  5. The American Race<\/a><\/li>
  6. All is Biased.<\/a><\/li>
  7. Tolerance vs Acceptance<\/a><\/li>
  8. CHROMATISM<\/a><\/li>
  9. Morphologyism<\/a><\/li>
  10. The American Race<\/a><\/li>
  11. Race ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Real; Morphology is.<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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