But it's all a lie.

但这全是个谎言。

youdao

Whether you believe them or not is a different matter, but it's probably not that far from the truth, after all there wasn't that much motivation to lie in the first place.

这一表态或许也有自己的道理，毕竟他们没有太多要去说谎的动机：这不过是在实验室的一次闲聊，参与者并非是要掩饰什么罪行。

youdao

Right. It's a slight lie, it doesn't have all possible values, but you get the idea. It has, if you like, intellectually, all possible values.

我撒了个小谎，这个空间并没有包含所有的可能的值，你们懂的，理性点说，如果你喜欢，我这么说的话，它包括了所有可能的值。

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One resident who spoke to WSMV said he doesn't believe a lie detector will fix all the town's problems, but he says it's a sign that Coopertown is moving in the right direction.

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