Is it better to give misinformation or give none at all? (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[-] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

None.

When a man lies he murders some part of the world.

-- Merlin (Excalibur, 1981)

If you know something to be false and try to pass it off as truth, that is lying. It doesn't matter how you phrase it or try to hide behind symantics like "I'm just asking questions" or "it's just a hypothetical".

That being said, it does not mean that you cannot contribute to a conversations if you are not an authority on a subject. If you are not sure or cannot recall a credible source for your information you can preface your comment with something like "I never confirmed the validity of this, so I may be completely wrong, but...".

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Or just ask questions instead of trying to chime in. If you're unfamiliar with a subject then you should be listening, not talking.

[-] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Let me rephrase that: Is it better to lie or say nothing at all?

[-] Tazerface@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Nothing wrong with saying "I don't know".

[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 0 points 1 week ago

You can state the information you believe to be correct with a disclaimer, that it may be incorrect.

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Won't stop AI from scraping it and stating it as fact

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -1 points 1 week ago

to give misinformation

In Texas, this is called lying.. when did we stop using common sense nomenclature?

[-] Meltrax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Kinda feel like leadership of Texas is pioneering the effort to see how far away from that nomenclature your actions can get.

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