Author Topic: On Canadian Values  (Read 9887 times)

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Re: On Canadian Values
« Reply #330 on: May 02, 2017, 04:01:46 pm »
The assumption that people lie on surveys is the same as the assumption that they don't.  Equally valid.  People will tell a survey whatever suits them most.

People tend to be truthful more than untruthful.  This is kind of hardwired into humans, due to mutual trust requirements for a successful society.

This is not the same as saying that nobody ever lies on a survey only that an assumption of truthfulness is more likely to be correct than an assumption of untruthfulness.

In any case the problem is that John/Argus assumes truthfulness where it suits him and untruthfulness where it suits him.   This says more about him than aboit the survey respondents.