I don't... think so? He clearly intended to create a deceptive document, and wrote separately that it was false (don't delete this, wink wink, nudge nudge). The director didn't hold a gun to his head.
I agree, for the most part, but what other reason or intent would you have in inserting deliberate errors than to be duplicitous or fraudulent? His best bet would have just been to let the script do its thing for as long as he could until he was asked about it. Chances are he never would have been asked and would have been commended for his accuracy. Now, though, he's totally on the hook for fraud if this ever comes out.
I didn't mean to suggest that he is a compulsive liar or is a bad person, but I think it's deceitful to pass assumptions off as facts. I don't know whether he is specifically referring to making things up (which I see as deceitful and thus lying), asserting assumptions as truth (which I see is a gray light), or simply being wrong. Being wrong is one thing. If I tell you 2+2=5 and you tell someone else thinking that it's a fact, then you aren't acting intentionally in your deceit. If you just start making assumptions on your own and assert them as truth, I feel like that takes a certain amount of effort in a dishonest direction.
No, you speculated that Alex's post was dishonest, since your "speculations" directly contradicted numerous things he actually said.
I concluded a few months ago that writing like yours (not yours in particular; it's an annoying HN trope) is actually more rude than a similar comment that outright called the author a liar. You not only did that, but in such a way as to imply that he lies so often it's a casual affair. "Of course", the sentiment you're expressing goes, "there's more to the story than he's telling us. Why would he tell us anything but what makes him look good?" That's what you've communicated.
Alex, I am 1000% sure, does not give a shit about what you (or I) think about his most recent career move. But comments like yours, as you can see, drive me up a fucking wall.
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