Some post-truth speech is magical thinking rather than mere lying
Evidence
One wonders whether this is post-truth or something else. Is this merely a case where “objective facts are less influential in shaping [belief] than appeals to emotion?” Or is this something closer to delusion? When Marcus speaks of “pre-truth,” she seems to mean a situation in which Trump believes not only that he can see things before they happen, but that his belief can make them happen. This is not based on any evidence that he can share with others, but instead a feeling that he can intuit or even control the future—or the past. Psychologists call this “magical thinking.” — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 343
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Post-truth spans a spectrum from bullshit and spin to self-deception and delusion — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 46; Post-truth is a choice of response to reality, not a fixed condition; Lying requires full conscious possession of the truth being hidden (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- Acting as if a belief were true produces the same actions as actual truth
#expands(0.80) - Lying requires full conscious possession of the truth being hidden
#qualifies(0.75) - Sincerity can be an active ingredient of self-deception rather than its opposite
#expands(0.75) — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 1405 - Truth-seeking assumptions leave people unprepared for deliberate lying
#expands(0.72) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3144 - A claim’s falsity does not bar it from structuring thought
#corroborates(0.72) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 179 - Over-restricting thought to verifiable facts invites the charlatanism it meant to prevent
#expands(0.72) — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 20