Iyer, Prakash
(2021)
The importance of untruth.
Teacher Plus.
ISSN 0973-778
Abstract
The hero is broke and owes his landlord $800, but he has only $400 in his bank account. He goes to the bank to withdraw money, when he is
at the counter, the computer breaks down. The bank teller asks him, “How much?” Then a miracle occurs! His mind offers him two options.
He realizes that he could say, $400 or $800. In that epiphanic moment he has, he invents lying. He says $800, but at that moment the
computer starts working. The teller sees that his account balance is $400. But she shrugs saying that the computer is wrong and gives him
$800. The teller trusts a human over a computer! Another miracle!
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