|
Pinocchio (1940)
IMDB rating: 7.60
Plot: Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish that Pinocchio be a real boy is unexpectedly granted by a fairy. The fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio’s “conscience” and keep him out of trouble. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in trouble.
|
Directors: Luske Hamilton
Actors: Blanc Mel,Brodie Don,Catlett Walter,Darro Frankie,Edwards Cliff,Jones Dickie,Judels Charles,Mercer Jack,Rub Christian,Animation,Family,Fantasy,Musical,
Interesting paradox - I have some. Do you?
Do you know any (or any answers to my examples)?
For example,
1. Man creates time machine and goes back to when he was born. He murders his mother, therefore he ceases to exist. Because he does not exist, his mother cannot be killed. What do you think?
2. If Pinocchio simply stated, "My nose will grow now." What would happen?
3. Can Superman commit suicide?
And another random question:
– If someone makes a statement they believe to be true, although it is not, is it lying or is it wrong?
Or another addition to that question: What if I make an untrue statement that I believe is true, then over time that statement becomes true? Is it still wrong / lie.
Please explain and give me your own!! 
Here are some things we came up with discussing these.
1. It would depend on how time works, which we do not know.
2. To reference the book, Pinocchio at one point, on the cart, says "We’ll make it!" fully believing that they would. When they didn’t make it, his nose grew.
3. The arguement to that one is that Superman alone cannot kill himself because it only weakens him and by the time he’d get close enough to eat / do anything else with it, he would be too weak to do it.
Lying –
Example: If I say "The sky is red." fully believing that it was, am I lying? And if, by some crazy turn of events the sun does turn red, am I lying or wrong?
Hobbes, you present some interesting ones. Thank you!
1) Well if his mom dies, he no longer exists and is erased from the timeline. His mother, is still alive, but is not technically "his mother," but she’s still a person and can be killed.
2) He’s making an incorrect prediction, he doesn’t know if it will.
3) One word: kryptonite
– wrong, lieing is when some person knows otherwise
– wrong, because you don’t know it to be a lie
firebird703xx | Dec 09, 2009
Wow, The best question I have seen on yahoo answers so far, It intrigues me! I think that your answer to the "lying" examples might be in here:
Big lie
A lie so colossal that no one would believe that someone could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously.
[edit]Bluffing
To bluff is to pretend to have a capability or intention one does not actually possess. Bluffing is an act of deception that is rarely seen as immoral when it takes place in the context of a game where this kind of deception is consented to in advance by the players. For instance, a gambler who deceives other players into thinking he has different cards to those he really holds, or an athlete who hints she will move left and then dodges right is not considered to be lying (also known as a feint). In these situations, deception is acceptable and is commonly expected as a tactic.
[edit]Bold-faced lie
A bold-faced (often also referred to as bare-faced or bald-faced, although all three have slightly different meanings) lie is one that is obviously a lie to those hearing it. For example, a child who has chocolate all around his mouth and denies that he has eaten any chocolate has told a bold-faced lie.
[edit]Contextual lie
One can state part of the truth out of context, knowing that without complete information, it gives a false impression. Likewise, one can actually state accurate facts, yet deceive with them. To say "yeah, that’s right, I slept with your best friend" utilizing a sarcastic, offended tone, may cause the listener to assume the speaker did not mean what he said, when in fact he did.
[edit]Emergency lie
An emergency lie is a strategic lie told when the truth may not be told because, for example, harm to a third party would result. For example, a neighbor might lie to an enraged wife about the whereabouts of her unfaithful husband, because said wife might reasonably be expected to inflict physical injury should she encounter her husband in person. Alternatively, an emergency lie could denote a (temporary) lie told to a second person because of the presence of a third.
[edit]Exaggeration
An exaggeration (or hyperbole) occurs when the most fundamental aspects of a statement are true, but only to a certain degree. It is also seen as "stretching the truth" or making something appear more powerful, meaningful, or real than it actually is.
[edit]Fabrication
A fabrication is a lie told when someone submits a statement as truth, without knowing for certain whether or not it actually is true. Although the statement may be possible or plausible, it is not based on fact. Rather, it is something made up, or it is a misrepresentation of the truth. Examples of fabrication: A person giving directions to a tourist when the person doesn’t actually know the directions. Often propaganda is classified as a fabrication.
[edit]Jocose lie
Jocose lies are lies meant in jest, intended to be understood as such by all present parties. Teasing and sarcasm are examples. A more elaborate instance is seen in some storytelling traditions, where the humour comes from the storyteller’s insistence that the story is the absolute truth, despite all evidence to the contrary (i.e., tall tale). There is debate about whether these are "real" lies, and different philosophers hold different views (see below).
[edit]Lie-to-children
A lie-to-children is a lie, often a platitude, which may use euphemism(s), which is told to make an adult subject acceptable to children. Common examples include "The stork brought you" (in reference to childbirth) and the existence of Santa.
[edit]Lying by obsolete signage
Examples are the continued use of old stationery that has printed information such as a previous telephone number, or advertising that remains painted on a wall after an enterprise has ceased business.
[edit]Lying by omission
One lies by omission by omitting an important fact, deliberately leaving another person with a misconception. Lying by omission includes failures to correct pre-existing misconceptions. An example is when the seller of a car declares it has been serviced regularly but does not tell that a fault was reported at the last service. Propaganda is an example of lying by omission.
[edit]Lying in trade
The seller of a product or service may advertise untrue facts about the product or service in order to gain sales, especially by competitive advantage. Many countries have enacted Consumer protection laws intended to combat such fraud. An example is the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act that holds a seller liable for omission of any material fact that the buyer relies upon.
[edit]Lying through your teeth
When one lies face-to-face with the intended recipient.
[edit]Misleading/Dissembling
A misleading statement is one where there is no outright lie, but still retains the purpose of getting someone to believe in an untruth. "Dissembling" likewise describes the presentation of facts in a way that is
noyb | Dec 09, 2009
1 he can’t travel back to before he was born because he hadn’t been born yet. ( it has been proven theoretically possible to travel into the future and some assume that you could also travel backwards in time but it has not been as accurately confirmed as forward time travel, therefore I suggest that if you can travel back in time then you would become have the age corresponding to that point in your life, ie you go back to when you are 5 and you would be yourself at 5, and then you’re stuck there and you wouldn’t remember the travel part.)
2 his nose would grow because he thought it was a lie because he thought it wouldn’t do it. But it’s important to know if he said this before or after he first discovered that he had that condition, because it effects the intention of pinocchio in regards to the statement
3 yes he can, but only he can by means of physical assault such as ligature caused asphyxiation, or strangulation resulting in asphyxiation and/or blood loss/constriction
If they believe it to be true it is not lying it is just erroneous, aka ignorant and it is effectively almost as bad as lying if one does so habitually.
The correct or incorrect nature of a statement relates directly to the time at which that statement was made, ie if it’s wrong when you say it then it won’t change with time, you wil always have been wrong. If it becomes true then you would have to redicuss the topic to be right that time
John Black | Dec 09, 2009
1. Watch Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Depends if this question is asked with the theory of alternate realities being in existence, or not. If not, and he’s in the same reality, killing his mother would terminate him, and in that order, terminating his time travel, terminating his life therefore saving his mother. If in an alternate reality, his existence would be unaffected.
2. He has no power over his nose growing, therefore stating it will, is a lie. The content is irrelevant.
3. If he can find some Kryptonite to do the job, otherwise, I guess not, he’s superman, the most pointless to watch, boring, flat, predictable super hero to ever be created.
– Nothing is true, nothing is a lie, it’s all man made, we live in a society built on "lies". Lying is intentional, being incorrect is not.
The addition to that question must be how so many wretched people rose to power and kept it.
Barber Paradox
In a village, the barber shaves everyone who does not shave himself/herself, but no one else.
Who shaves the barber?
The Crocodile Sophism
A slim crocodile living in the Nile took a child. His mother begged to have him back. The crocodile could not only talk, but was also a great sophist and stated, "If you guess correctly what I will do with him, I will return him. However, if you don’t predict his fate correctly, I’ll eat him." What statement should the mother make to save her child?
Hobbes | Dec 10, 2009
