We expect a certain amount of bullsht in our politics, but little fibs have given way to bewildering, unbelievable fictions. Thankfully, some recent philosophers have insights as to why all bullsht isnt created equal.
On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt - http://www2.csudh.edu/ccauthen/576f12/frankfurt__harry_-_on_bullshit.pdf
“The Relativity of Wrong” by Isaac Asimov - https://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm
What Happened When I Spent A Week Calling People Out On Their BS by Michael Grothaus - https://www.fastcompany.com/40481536/what-happened-when-i-spent-a-week-calling-people-out-on-their-bs
| Opinion | This has been the BS presidency by Molly Roberts - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/28/no-more-bs-i-certainly-hope-so/ |
Brandolini’s law - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law
The Bullshitter-in-Chief by Matthew Yglesias - https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/30/15631710/trump-bullshit
On Trump’s Bullshit by David A. Graham - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/on-trumps-bullshit/593062/
Truthlikeness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truthlikeness/
Meet the Press on Twitter: ““People took him literally. I never thought I’d see that,” former White House Chief of Staff @MickMulvaney says.” - https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1348274523641151488 https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1348274633817120768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The Art of the Lie? The Bigger the Better by Andrew Higgins - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/world/europe/trump-truth-lies-power.html
No, I Will Not Debate You by Laurie Penny - https://longreads.com/2018/09/18/no-i-will-not-debate-you/
Fuzzy Logic (Thanks, Xob!) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_logic