On: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

[wolverine876]

That is a weak justification, commonly used by criminals. A liar might say, 'everyone lies'; honest people don't say it. Unless we are engaging in a very philsophical discussion (possible on HN), we don't need to explain the problem in detail.

[jesterson → wolverine876]

It's not a "justification" of anything, just a question for someone who blames other people industry as fraud. Just curious about way of thinking, nothing else.

And everyone lies indeed, those who deny it are either delusional or liars. It's human nature.

[twixfel → jesterson]

Everyone lies but it's irrelevant when motivating fraud, since not all lies are the same.

[wolverine876 → twixfel]

Also, not everyone lies with the same frequency. Some do reflexively, some hardly ever, and there's everyting in between.

It's like saying all programmers write buggy code, so they are all the same.

[hagbarth → jesterson]

I didn’t blame an industry as fraud. GP was describing a specific fraud that occurred in an industry. Not the same. I’m sure there are legitimate crypto businesses.

[rrdharan → hagbarth]

> I’m sure there are legitimate crypto businesses.

I’m increasingly sure there aren’t.