Hmm. According to the logic thusly presented, if someone asks a yes-or-no question with an indeterminate answer, and you answer an entirely different question with "No", you haven't lied? The information presented to the hypothetical non-employee leads him to believe that he will be hired if he fufills the qualifications. Thus, he lied.
From dictionary.com: Lie, n. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. If you posit answering a question with something that sounds like an answer but is not, without clarifying that you aren't answering the question but giving what information you can, you are giving a wrong impression.
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Date: 2003-09-02 08:55 pm (UTC)The information presented to the hypothetical non-employee leads him to believe that he will be hired if he fufills the qualifications. Thus, he lied.
From dictionary.com:
Lie, n. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.
If you posit answering a question with something that sounds like an answer but is not, without clarifying that you aren't answering the question but giving what information you can, you are giving a wrong impression.