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How many of you also dislike the term “intellectual dishonesty?” I’m advocating for the term “intellectual inconsistency.”
Edit: To clear a few things up, perhaps I should have asked “How many of you dislike how the term ‘intellectual dishonesty’ is applied?” There certainly are those that lie and then there are those that are just unaware of inconsistencies in their opinions, that get called dishonest by those that see those inconsistencies.

OrangeJuice 6 Apr 29
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why not - just - lies 'Lies -damned lies and Statistics'

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Doing it on purpose? "Dishonest".
Not aware of what you're doing? "Inconsistent".

We won't know until we call it out. And not always then.

Sure, I just think there’s some charity that could be extended here that isn’t often enough.

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As so many below, I think they refer to different situations. For me, 'intellectual inconsistency' refers to the situation where two positions presented by the same person are logically inconsistent in that both cannot be objectively true. I believe 'intellectual dishonesty' is when someone knows that what they are saying is untrue (with evidence to demonstrate that fact). I consider that the more serious problem. Often I find that when inconsistency is pointed out, it changes positions. Liars, on the other hand, are a different matter. We've had ample evidence recently that even when clearly objective evidence exists, some people are unwilling to admit it.

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Very interesting idea...Prove me wrong, please: Aliens...

We are at a flipping point on the subject of Aliens....
pre-#2016 there are no aliens.
post-apocalypse here's all the classified shit we can smuggle out ...and....yes aliens.

Where are we? on that spectrum?

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It pairs well with alternative facts.

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You can be inconsistent without intention. Dishonesty requires intention.

didn't think about it that way! Win.

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I believe in the term "Fucking Liar" ...no sugarcoating!

Any way you put it...your right!

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When a person is deliberately misstating facts, principles or ideas, intellectual dishonesty is a more than appropriate term.

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Not sure what/how you're using the terms, but I have found many people seem to feel no need for their beliefs to be cohesive.
Kind of amusing and aggravating at the same time.

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@Gwendolyn2018. Whoa... sounds text book to me.

@Gwendolyn2018. Lol... alrighty!

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I'm advocating for dumber than a box of hammers. Any other advocates out there?

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Define what u mean and how they are different plz. I'm curious

Proto Level 6 Apr 29, 2018
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