[Dimensio]

It is troubling to me that the word “lie” is gratuitously thrown around on these threads.

I admit to using the word rather gratitutiously, but I can't imagine that I misused it in relation to hosepipe. Hosepipe explicitly stated that "non-evo" scientists were the ones who uncovered fossil fakes and/or mistakes, then later -- in the very same discussion -- denied making the claim. If that's not a lie, I don't know what is.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply!

I read back on the links you posted on your compendium indictment of hosepipe at 84. You omitted to mention a link from the original discussion where hosepipe explains his intent:

post 268

I didn't lie.. I misunderstood what you meant.. by "made up"..
As far as I know "the fakes" that I've read about were "fakes"..
A purely anecdotal interest precluded me checking it out further..

He wasn't interested enough to research something which obviously was troubling to you. Disinterest does not constitute an intent to deceive, thus I would say the pejorative "lie" is indeed inappropriate. The word "misinformed" would have been better, IMHO.

On the denial allegation, his original post was not a mutually exclusive statement (emphasis mine):

post 88

How come the fakes are almost never found by Evos.?.