Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
-- Albert Einstein
Both these quotes sound nice, but do we have evidence for them?
If they are false they are small violations of truth and thus inconsequential.
The scope of the Einstein quote is “anyone”, and claims that we can infer distrust based on “minor” transgressions. I’d say this is a fairly significant claim, and would be more than just a “small” violation of truth were it found to be false.
Agreed, but saying a medium-sized violation of truth is a small violation of truth is only a small violation of truth and thus inconsequential.
I wanted to reply thus:
Thank you. Maybe I’m a dark person, but I want to learn to argue like that someday.
But then I contemplated that desire and banished it. So thanks anyway, and an upvote.
Making accurate significant claims in comments on obscure blogs isn’t often consequential.
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All truth is not, indeed, of equal importance; but if little violations are allowed, every violation will in time be thought little.
-- Albert Einstein
Both these quotes sound nice, but do we have evidence for them?
If they are false they are small violations of truth and thus inconsequential.
The scope of the Einstein quote is “anyone”, and claims that we can infer distrust based on “minor” transgressions. I’d say this is a fairly significant claim, and would be more than just a “small” violation of truth were it found to be false.
Agreed, but saying a medium-sized violation of truth is a small violation of truth is only a small violation of truth and thus inconsequential.
I wanted to reply thus:
Thank you. Maybe I’m a dark person, but I want to learn to argue like that someday.
But then I contemplated that desire and banished it. So thanks anyway, and an upvote.
Making accurate significant claims in comments on obscure blogs isn’t often consequential.
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