Kant’s Modal Asymmetry between Truth-Telling and Lying Revisited

The modal asymmetry between truth-telling and lying refers to the impossibility of a world in which everyone lies, while on contrary, tells truth is possible. This ethical issue relevant modern concerns about epistemic security, or safety knowledge. breakdown security leads erosion trust and, hence, an ‘impossible’ since willingness believe others essential for functioning society. Here, we examine threat disinformation using individual-based model individuals are both senders receivers signals characterized by their credulity deceptiveness, targets natural selection. possible worlds those favored Lies that significantly harm believers lead Kantian scenario: completely eroded winners evolutionary race incredulous. However, if lies not too harmful, our game predicts credulous mildly untruthful. These two separated discontinuous phase transition limit infinite population size.