> If they aren't a liar, then they are at best intellectually dishonest
"Intellectually dishonest" is just a polite way to say "liar".
There's no need to go after someone personally when it's sufficient to simply point out that their statement was wrong. Why it was wrong isn't really important.
Hey if you’re going to lie to people, then prepare to be called out about it. Lying for rhetorical effect is still lying. Their intent is obvious in the rest of the post where their disdain for IoT things is clear. We don’t need to see in to the mind’s eye to know this - the balance of probabilities is enough for me.
The other option is for me to assume that the guy is unintelligent and incapable - which do you think that they’d prefer to be characterised as?
"Intellectually dishonest" is just a polite way to say "liar".
There's no need to go after someone personally when it's sufficient to simply point out that their statement was wrong. Why it was wrong isn't really important.