Knowing that it was impossible to fabricate a perfect lie, one should not attempt to deceive with falsehoods. The most perfect thing in the world is not a lie, but a mixture of truth and falsehood, making it impossible for anyone to tell which part is true and which is false.
It was impossible to conjure a person out of thin air. Even if one were somehow created, others would not believe it and would inevitably investigate the truth.
This was a high-tech era—unlike 1942 or the days of the Tangshan Earthquake. In this age, investigating someone was simply too easy.
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