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 Do you think it's too much lying and deception in your social environment?

If so, don't despair!

Read this instead.

I sometimes say the following:

"Truth is the brightest light."

Do you agree?

And I also often say this:

"Lies are the darkest matter."

Am I right?

If you agree,, I leave it to you to do the calculation yourself.

The question you should ponder, is if it is such a bad thing that there are so many lies.

Because, what happens with the signal-to-noise ratio, if you increase the amount of lies and for instance keep the amount of truth speaking stable?