John F. Kennedy

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

American President

James Russell Lowell

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

American Poet

Samuel Johnson

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

English Writer

Blaise Pascal

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

French Philosopher

Thomas Jefferson

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Roman Statesman

William James

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

American Philosopher

Alexander Pope

Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

English Poet

Leonardo da Vinci

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

Italian Artist

George Eliot

British Author

Often used to describe deliberate lies one person tells about another.

Spreading Falsehoods

Falsehoods may imply harm or negative consequences toward others.

Implying Harm

In legal terms, spreading falsehood can lead to charges like libel or slander.

Legal Consequences

Falsehoods told under oath are serious and can be punished by law.

Under Oath

In academia, presenting falsehoods can discredit research and ruin reputations.

Academic Integrity

Learning to detect falsehoods is crucial for analytical and critical thinking.

Critical Thinking

Falsehoods often arise from societal misconceptions or stereotypes.

Societal Norms

Encourages questioning widely held falsehoods to find personal truth.

Questioning Beliefs

 their anonymity making them unaccountable for the information they provide. Finally, and most importantly, try to verify news before spreading it. While social media has enabled the truth to reach us faster, it's also allowed rumors to spread before they can be verified and falsehoods to survive

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 and that presented me with a crisis. What was I going to do? This testimony was deeply critical of my colleagues, of my ministers, who had, in my view had perpetrated a war on a falsehood. And so I was in crisis. And this wasn't a pretty thing. I moaned about it, I hesitated,

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 only to whether it connected to clicks and attention, and that that was arguably toxic. That's a reasonable concern, isn't it? Yeah, it is. I mean, the technology changes, and it's now easier to disseminate both truth and fiction and falsehood.

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 We've seen falsehoods spread on WhatsApp and other online message services lead to violence against ethnic minorities. And that was just text -- imagine if it were video. Now, deepfakes have the potential to corrode the trust that we have

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 to really understand the emotional component of that as well. The fear that anything could infect you is there. And it's not rational. And I know that. It helped me to understand how these falsehoods could lead to really real violence.

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 they believed that everything important, knowable, was already known, enshrined in ancient writings, institutions and in some genuinely useful rules of thumb -- which were, however, entrenched as dogmas, along with many falsehoods.

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 My world is going to be one where truth is strengthened and falsehood is recognized and marginalized." And when you do that, the ground around you starts to shift just a little bit. And that's the truth. Thank you.

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 Inequality between the scientists, who painstakingly search for the truth, and the professional deceivers, who spread falsehoods at the click of a button. Climate change is about making a choice.

How we can turn the tide...

 don't strongly trust me for information on the causes of climate change. Now, I promise to tell the truth tonight, but just to humor that demographic, I've started this talk with a falsehood.

Can we solve global...

 It's the ability to think call out falsehood, press for the facts. And above all, you must have the courage to unflinchingly pursue the truth.