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by totallymike 4156 days ago
Per the discussion in the scenario, "bear was not mistaken," and "bear was truthful" are different things. One implies a bear with poor eyesight; the other implies a bear intentionally misrepresenting the facts.

Given the story, the bear mistook a raccoon for a fox 20% of the time, which is very different from being untruthful.