Some@folks have pointed out that it’s more likely he *knows* this is BS but is pandering to and feeding a base that’ll eat it up. I submit it’s both. But how, when that’s contradictory? Exactly.https://twitter.com/tarahaelle/status/1300650993726746625 …
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I think it’s more subtle and pernicious than that. It’s that he simply doesn’t *care* about the truth value of his statements: that’s not a consideration for him. BS is only superficially similar to coherent lying: it’s saying whatever best manipulates your audience.
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I am of course mostly referring to the ideas here: http://www2.csudh.edu/ccauthen/576f12/frankfurt__harry_-_on_bullshit.pdf … andhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit …
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This makes me think of
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I hadn’t noticed that one yet: thanks for pointing it out. Sample downloaded.
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If you’re not following him, I rec following too. He,
@EpiEllie@mlipsitch@aetiology@angie_rasmussen@SaskiaPopescu@eliowa@nataliexdean@GidMK and a few others I’m inevitably missing have been my solid go-tos throughout the whole pandemic. Both for epidemiology & epistemology2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
I'm honoured!pic.twitter.com/pC0bUvqGV5
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