alt Hacker NewsIf everyone knows that the liar always lies, then can he effectively even lie? It’s like he speaks a language where everything means the opposite of what it means in English, and everyone understands this semantically inverted language. So then he might lie by just telling the truth.
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Tarq0n • 12/09/2024
That would only be true if the liar speaks in purely boolean statements. Many statements aren't invertible because the possibility space is larger than true or false.
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The article even defines "liar" for you: "A liar is someone who only says false statements." It's not someone who is trying to maximally mislead.