The invention of lying

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Does this hypothetical society have a way of solving basic disagreement? Because I doubt that if I tried to convince everyone that I was, despite all appearances, a helicopter, they would not be taking my word for it. In fact, I don't think you would have much power in situations that involve recourse to observable evidence. So not much of a superpower at all, really.

(Off-topic: I thought this thread was about someone who invented sleeping by lying down, and had to convince a society that all slept vertically that this was actually a good idea.)

Well if no one knew what a lie was, I'd assume they'd accept you as being a helicopter, but assume that you must be some kind of technological development, a breakthrough in science that has successfully combined a human with a helicopter, as you have said it is such, they won't ask you to prove it, because proving is part of doubt and doubt only occurs when one is aware of the concept of lying, they may ask you to fly for them so they can see how awesome you are, to which you could lie again and say that it is disabled at the moment so as to avoid endangering anyone, to which again they will believe you.