• De_Narm@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Am I lying if I try to answer a question to the best of my knowledge and end up being wrong?

    I don’t think you can make something a lie retroactively if it was supposed to be true at the time.

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      11 months ago

      There is still a bit of a gray area there, though, which is that if you know you are not a subject matter expert, you should try to disclose that.

      Hence why “IANAL” is so recurring on any online discussion about legal advice, because you want to offer what insight you can but you definitely don’t want to mislead anyone into believing your potentially dangerous legal advice is authoritative.

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        11 months ago

        I disclose that by using words that describe my level of certainty. Like “I think” or “Possibly” or “It may be the case” or “I’m tempted to think”.