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41 " Unless someone is suicidal or otherwise on the brink, deciding how much he should know about himself seems the quintessence of arrogance. What attitude could be more disrespectful of those we care about? "
― Sam Harris , Lying
42 " We often behave in ways that are guaranteed to make us unhappy. "
43 " to lie is to infringe upon the freedom of those we care about. "
44 " Lying is the royal road to chaos. As "
45 " I also heard from readers whose parents had told the truth about Santa simply because they didn't want the inevitable unraveling of the Christmas myth to cast any doubt on the divinity of Jesus. I suppose some ironies are harder to detect than others. "
46 " Honesty is a gift we can give to others. It is also a source of power and an engine of simplicity. Knowing that we will attempt to tell the truth, whatever the circumstances, leaves us with little to prepare for. Knowing that we told the truth in the past leaves us with nothing to keep track of. We can simply be ourselves in every moment. "
47 " I do not remember what I thought about lying before I took “The Ethical Analyst,” but the course accomplished as close to a firmware upgrade of my brain as I have ever experienced. I came away convinced that lying, even about the smallest matters, needlessly damages personal relationships and public trust. "
48 " toda mentira nos persigue en el futuro. "
49 " Las mentiras de los poderosos nos hacen desconfiar de gobiernos y grandes empresas. "
50 " Las mentiras de los débiles nos vuelven insensibles al sufrimiento de los demás. "
51 " Las mentiras de los teóricos de la conspiración suscitan dudas sobre la honradez de quienes denuncian injusticias, aun cuando estén diciendo la verdad. "
52 " Las mentiras son el equivalente social de los residuos tóxicos: todo el mundo es un potencial damnificado por su propagación. "
53 " I have this example of what I call the “hardware store hammer”: A woman is in a hardware store and picks up a hammer. When she is checking out, the shop owner says, “What are you going to use this hammer for?” And she says, “My husband told me to buy a hammer. We’re putting up some pictures in the kitchen.” The owner might say, “Okay. But this is a professional carpenter’s hammer. For your purpose, that one over there would do just fine, and it’s a third the price.” That’s the difference between a relationship and a transaction. If you have a concern that other people do well for themselves, then I think you want this level of honesty. But our society might be losing that. "
54 " Our public discourse appears permanently riven by conspiracy theories. "
55 " These silences are lacerating. "
56 " Mentir es alzar una frontera entre la verdad en la que vivimos y la percepción que los demás tienen de nosotros. "
57 " To speak truthfully is to accurately represent one’s beliefs. But candor offers no assurance that one’s beliefs about the world are true. "
58 " Mentir es confundir intencionadamente a los demás cuando esperan recibir una comunicación honesta. "
59 " One of the worst things about breaking the law is that it puts you at odds with an indeterminate number of other people. This is among the many corrosive effects of unjust laws: They tempt peaceful and (otherwise) honest people to lie so as to avoid being punished for behavior that is ethically blameless. "
60 " En 1998, el médico Andrew Wakefield publicó un estudio en la revista The Lancet en el que se relacionaba la vacuna del sarampión, las paperas y la rubéola (la conocida como triple vírica) con el autismo. Después, el estudio se consideró un «fraude meticuloso» y se desposeyó a Wakefield de la autorización para ejercer la medicina. "