“She said that the research was replicated many times, and that no matter which country, or which year—or even which definition of domestic violence was used! -- the results are always 20%”—that’s doesn’t sound like a vague assumption to me. That sounds like she’s being very specific.
I guess you can call it lying if you want, but that is a thing people do very frequently without thinking about or considering that they are lying, namely making very precise statements when in fact there is something vague in their minds.
“She said that the research was replicated many times, and that no matter which country, or which year—or even which definition of domestic violence was used! -- the results are always 20%”—that’s doesn’t sound like a vague assumption to me. That sounds like she’s being very specific.
I guess you can call it lying if you want, but that is a thing people do very frequently without thinking about or considering that they are lying, namely making very precise statements when in fact there is something vague in their minds.
People lie (defined as intent to mislead) frequently, yes :-/