If you repeat a lie a sufficient number of times, does it become true?
52 responses to “Thought of the Day”
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That’s scary, isn’t it!
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Ah- political 😦
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Hmmmnnnn wishful thinking maybe?!
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It’s frustrating. Recently I listened to an interview with a very smart and learned man (he is a priest, but a highly educated one in many fields); he claims that anyone of us tells at least 50 lies during the day. In most cases they are benevolent lies according to him, or lies known as “white” made up to impress others or to excuse oneself from commitments one would rather skip and so on. I hope that here on blog the ration is lower and that people don’t show up to lie.
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A lie can become truth to the perpetrator, but not in reality…..
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That seems to be many politicians and some of the media’s mindset — say it enough times and they’ll believe it. But in my book, a lie is a lie and only the truth holds up.
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In Seinfeld, George Costanza said it best: It’s not a lie, if you believe it.
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Yes, I agree with Costanza.
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PS What brought this thought on?
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The person telling the lie certainly starts to believe it. It is almost a rewite of events as they happened.
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True. Thank you, Colline.
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It becomes reality…but we all know realities differ.
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It becomes reality because the truth gets so far away from people that they lose sight of reality.
Those who lie believe in it after a while. Or need to.
And to make matters more complex, some people’s perceptions are so distorted from reality that a lie is just what you think but not what they see.LikeLike
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Yes!
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I immediately thought of politicians. 😦
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Absolutely they do. A real tragedy. 😦
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Sad for hard times Paula, and longing here too for truth from power.
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Interesting play of words, Meg. Truth is power by definition and if it is combined with some real palpable power it should straighten the world.
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Il arrive hélas qu’on se mente à soi-même… L’expérience aide à voir plus clair ! 🙂
Bisous Paula.LikeLike
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May want to believe it is real, but it is not… A lie is a lie…
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Exactly!
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It depends how good someone is at autosuggestion, I would say.
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I thought that too, though this issue can be a moral and ethical too. It is cool to see how people approach my quote.
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