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When asked "are you an honest person?" The only logical answer is yes. (lemmy.ml)
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If you're truly honest, you'd say yes.

If you weren't honest, you'd lie and say yes.

If you were truly honest and say no, then you're not being honest about your honesty.

If you weren't honest and say no, then you're being honest which is a paradox.

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[–] AbeilleVegane@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

Depends on how we define honest "person", no? Why judge their honesty by the last thing they said?

[–] huf@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

no, the only honest answer is "no" because nobody is honest all the time, and thus nobody is an "honest person"

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

This. A single falsehood in a chain of propositions makes the whole chain false.