Intent to deceive can be inferred from persistence despite the falsity being revealed

Evidence

The first time Trump said that there were no pre-inauguration conversations between his National Security Advisor and Russian officials could perhaps be attributed to willful ignorance. But when his own intelligence services then revealed that they had briefed him on exactly this—and Trump continued to deny it for two more weeks—one begins to infer intent. After Trump kept repeating his claim that he would have won the popular vote if not for millions of illegal ballots, the New York Times made the bold decision, just three days into his presidency, to print a headline saying that Trump had lied. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 45

Categorization

• QUESTION: Whether inference-of-intent from persistence is the key move that distinguishes lying from mere post-truth indifference seems central to the book’s taxonomy—worth chasing how McIntyre resolves it.
• XREF: connects to: Belief perseverance persists even when evidence establishing it is shown false — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2586; Disconfirmed prophecies get reinterpreted rather than abandoned when believers are invested — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 87; Genuine self-deception works by staying willfully uninformed, not by believing falsehoods — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 704 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Belief perseverance persists even when evidence establishing it is shown false #corroborates (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2586
• Disconfirmed prophecies get reinterpreted rather than abandoned when believers are invested #qualifies (0.80) — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 87
• Genuine self-deception works by staying willfully uninformed, not by believing falsehoods #complicates (0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 704
• People often resist or reverse belief updating rather than tracking evidence #corroborates (0.75) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 104
• Self-deception requires precise knowledge of the truth being concealed, not ignorance #contradicts (0.75) — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 1397