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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 14 Jan 2018
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    A robust truth is one that is strengthened by every bit of added context If adding context weakens your assertion steadily until it dissolves into noise, you basically lied

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      2. AJ‏ @cavepainting 14 Jan 2018
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        that is a great way to say it. Also, a lie can pose as the truth by contorting or suppressing the original context. Unravel the real context and the lie is exposed.

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      3. R_Ganesh‏ @r_ganesh 15 Jan 2018
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        It is also possible that adding context may reveal the truth to be one of two cases (a different truth applies in a range of contexts). In such a case the truth is smaller than what it appeared to be but has proved generative in uncovering larger truths

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      1. Arun Shroff‏ @arunshroff 14 Jan 2018
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        In other words it needs to be antifragile as defined.by @nntaleb and grow stronger the more adversity it encounters..

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        Feels like a test for bullshit more broadly than just lies; lies being deliberate falsehoods while bullshit being self-serving statements whose veracity is irrelevant to the bullshitter

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      2. Mick Costigan‏ @micostigan 16 Jan 2018
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        I think every bit is too high a bar. We’re pattern seeking beings. You can’t avoid extraneous added context being interpreted in ways that can be framed to question your truth, particularly in a low-data situation

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      3. Mick Costigan‏ @micostigan 24 Jan 2018
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        "1. Drum’s First Law: For any any problem complex enough to be interesting, there is evidence pointing in multiple directions."https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/04/drum-vs-cowen-three-laws/ …

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 8 Sep 2018
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        So what. Footsteps in the sands of time.

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