Least believable lie ever?

UncleScoopy


Nope. Just a total coincidence. He was actually clearing out a path for his girlfriend, Morgan Fairchild. Yeah, that’s the ticket,

9 thoughts on “Least believable lie ever?”

  1. Max Romeo’s explanation that his reggae classic “Wet Dream” was about a man with a leaky tin roof might have been less believable. Also a hell of a lot funnier.

  2. Well of course, the rhetorical question of “Least believable lie ever?” is a joke. Taking it seriously would demand context. People tell lies every day that aren’t remotely believable. They’re often effective enough because being believed per se is seldom the objective.

  3. Along with being a liar, Heath knows nothing about “correlation.” The correlation between the two events approached +1. What the fool thinks he was saying is that there was no “causation” between the two. High schoolers are taught that “correlation does not mean causation.” It’s a truth as fundamental as gravity.

    1. I think you mean to say “Barr knows nothing about ‘correlation.’”

      Heath is just the Reuters correspondent reporting what Barr said. (He didn’t imply that Barr’s statement was accurate. For that matter, he didn’t say it was a lie either.)

      1. Our present epidemic of motivated reasoning seems to be the death of reading comprehension on both sides of the political divide. Above, Hart is clearly reacting to Heath’s antagonistic tone, cutting off any process of reading for content. As for that tone, while Scoops is correct, logically, the structure of Heath’s tweet (together with the very fact that he’s tweeting) makes it clear Heath believes Barr’s claim is so ludicrous on its face that mere repetition with no elaboration or explanation is case enough. That juxtaposing the claim alongside the facts, it is self-evident, Barr challenges his hearers to choose what to believe: their own lyin’ eyes or whatever he says. It’s effective, because sides. Motivation kicks in. Evidence no longer salient.

        1. I agree, Mike P. George Orwell remarked on this phenomenon during the Spanish Civil War, where belief in whether a particular event even happened depended on one’s politics, not on research and evidence.

        2. “Heath believes Barr’s claim is so ludicrous on its face that mere repetition with no elaboration or explanation is case enough.”

          You’re correct.

          And so was he.

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