“Misleading/needs context” seems to be an epistemic status that’s neither truth, nor lie, nor bullshit (ie indifferent to truth/falsehood). This type of assertion needs a name and some theorizing/steelmanning. Very unsatisfying/weak to accuse someone of this. Like “you’re mean!”
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A misleading statement is one whose truth value exhibits sensitive dependence on initial narrative for the listener, and whose truth value for the speaker is illegible. It’s a half-truth X because the truth value of interest, X+Y, depends on the unspoken Y.
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When is it okay or not okay to take a statement “out of context”? When is it okay or not okay to substitute your context for the speaker’s? Maybe when you suspect that the speaker actually shares your context but is pretending to operate in a different one for personal gain.
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Often the listener is primed to receive information in the context of a carefully curated (but misleading and politically-driven) narrative. To effectively convey new information in a field with a pre-existing narrative, you have to describe the larger context of the info
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I don’t think there’s any careful curation in most cases. Just low-effort pandering to a target group that’s not yours.
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Coincidentally on my TL next to your thread, the difference between misinformation and disinformation. Mislead / Dislead ?
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