If it is not true it is very well invented.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If something is not true, inventing it is acceptable.
- In plain terms
- Fiction is fine even if it is not true.
- What can you take from it?
- Invention can value over truth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is a lie acceptable?
- What value does fiction have?
Another view
It may encourage dishonesty under guise of invention.
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