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    Default Re: Anecdotes & Trust in the Backroom

    There are 3 forms of prevarication. In increasing order of iniquity, they are:

    lies

    damned lies,

    and statistics.



    One should always evaluate the messages of others without assuming they are either correct or informed. Trust but verify.
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    I don't see why most anyone would bother to lie in a forum. Where's the benefit? Why even do it? The closest thing to what I might call a "lie" would be when people deliberately take extreme positions to spark controversy. And that's more like vaudeville than a straight-up falsehood.

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    Default Re: Anecdotes & Trust in the Backroom

    Depends on the person. There's really no gain in lying on an internet forum, but not everybody knows that

    I think the majority of people here are pretty honest, though.

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    I trust most folks here. So far there has been a few confirmations of frauds (plagerism of pictures and such) but mostly the folks here are honest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
    I trust most folks here. So far there has been a few confirmations of frauds (plagerism of pictures and such) but mostly the folks here are honest.

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    I’m gullible me
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