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> If you print "40 millions", and it turns out to be 39, you've lied

That’s not what lying is. To tell a lie is to intentionally state as fact something you know to be false.

Being wrong isn’t lying.



The number is being reported accurately, but with only one digit of significance. Rounding 39 to 40 isn't lying and isn't deceitful.


What about being so negligent in checking your facts that any reasonable person would know they’re wrong, but continuing forward anyway?


Can’t really say based on only that.




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