Replying to Avatar AnnSofiNovelist

Thank you for your thoughts, I like them.

What I was thinking was with the emphasis on Competence. If I do something, like you mention, without the skills, I'm not competent.

If I do something based on the lie that I can do something I've never done, it won't come across as competence.

So, when someone is competent, you can see the truth in their actions, (as you say) the fitness, adequacy, suitability, skilledness.

If that makes any sense?

Fiat lies and doesn't have competence, #bitcoin tells the truth, and is competent (does the thing it's supposed to do really well).
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slimjim 1y ago

when someone is incompetent, you can also see the truth in their actions. The chair breaks, the paint flakes, the patient croaks.

Competence has nothing to do with truth. A person assessing competence must decide whether or not to tell the truth.

you'll need to convince me there's no difference between me trying to do something, and me lying about whether or not i can do it.

"if i do something based on the lie that i can do something i've never done" is self contradictory...🙃

fiat doesn't lie. fiat is a tool used by liars.

definitions matter

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AnnSofiNovelist 1y ago

I was in a weird headspace when I was answering you last time.

Truth in action isn't flawed. It's truth. Truth is hard. Truth is eternal.

Competence isn't flawed, it's clear to someone who sees it, it's truth.

Competence is action. Someone can be competent but it is referring to an action.

Hence, competence is truth in action, and truth in action looks like competence.

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slimjim 1y ago

Babe by your definitions here, incompetence is also truth in action. two opposites can't have the same definition, so by logic i think your take is way off.

i posit that

competence isn't action. and truth can't act.

humans act in light of truth (or not)

i'm sure hubby is a great truthful competent dude but let's not create a whole new universe to describe him lol