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Great read, thanks for the links.

I thought I had a good BS detector, I was wrong, but this article taught me some new concepts.

I think another point should be made, the age old:

"If it too good to be true, then it is too good to be true".

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Where did your BS detector let you down?

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Your link to "You can't bullshit a bullshitter".

A fascinating breakdown on its art and application.

The difference between a persuasive bullshitter and an evasive bullshitter is quite profound.

I realized I am an evasive bullshitter, and thought I was more honest, but the phrases and words used even now, post covid hysteria, still shows I engage in some of the art of BS so as not to appear as a stark raving cooker anti-vaxxer as defined by the experts.

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"so as not to appear as a stark raving cooker anti-vaxxer as defined by the experts" - yep, that's a weapons-grade psychological operation that has been unleashed upon us all, by people and organisations that have been honing their craft for many decades.

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