http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2009/the-invention-of-lying/ Science, astronomy, politics, movies, and various minutiae. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:25:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2009/the-invention-of-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-165257 JC Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:20:02 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/?p=491#comment-165257 There have been lots of times when I thought I knew the answer, but turned out to be incorrect. Okay, maybe not lots of times. :) But it has happened. There have been lots of times when I thought I knew the answer, but turned out to be incorrect. Okay, maybe not lots of times. But it has happened.

]]> http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2009/the-invention-of-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-165204 Aylia Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:22:21 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/?p=491#comment-165204 i think that on a test if a student in the movie's world didn't know, they would write, "I don't know" i think that on a test if a student in the movie’s world didn’t know, they would write, “I don’t know”

]]> http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2009/the-invention-of-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-163853 wil Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:59 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/?p=491#comment-163853 As a fan of Ricky Gervais, I think I'll probably enjoy this movie, but as a history major, the idea that history = truth (i.e., not a lie) made me chuckle. As a fan of Ricky Gervais, I think I’ll probably enjoy this movie, but as a history major, the idea that history = truth (i.e., not a lie) made me chuckle.

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