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  "path": "/post/2021/10/is-telling-falsehood-always-lie",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T07:47:56.258Z",
  "site": "https://blog.dandart.co.uk",
  "textContent": "Alright, do you see lying as to communicate deliberately what you don’t believe, or to communicate deliberately what isn’t true?\n\nSo in other words, is it a lie for someone to unwittingly pass on false information, or are they not lying because they genuinely believe it?\n\nMy view on it is that if I were told that Mercury was the hottest planet (a falsehood) and believed it, then told someone, I wouldn’t be lying, even though I’d been misinformed?\n\nIs that the consensus, or would people instead say that lying is based on whether or not something is actually “true” and that I had actually unwittingly lied?\n\nDoesn’t really make sense to me that unwittingly lying is a thing, because one does believe it and isn’t trying to deceive.",
  "title": "Is telling a falsehood always a lie?",
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