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Mentioned in 33 episodes

On Bullshit

Book • 2005

Harry Frankfurt

In 'On Bullshit', Harry G. Frankfurt argues that bullshitters misrepresent themselves to their audience not by deliberately making false claims, but by conveying a certain impression without concern for whether anything is true.

He distinguishes bullshitting from lying, noting that liars at least acknowledge the importance of truth, whereas bullshitters disregard it entirely.

Frankfurt contends that excessive indulgence in bullshit can undermine the capacity to tell the truth in a way that lying does not, making bullshit a greater enemy of truth than lies.

The book explores the prevalence of bullshit in modern society and its implications for communication and truth.

Mentioned by

Angela Duckworth

Meghan Sullivan

Jürgen Wiebicke

Mentioned in 33 episodes

Mentioned by

Lex Fridman

in reference to the concept of "bullshit" as defined by Harry Frankfurt.

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Mentioned by

Sam Harris

in relation to his discussion on the nature of lying and truth in society.

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Mentioned by

John Vervaeke

in relation to the concept of bullshit.

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Mentioned by

John Vervaeke

when discussing the concept of "bullshit" in the political arena.

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Mentioned by

Angela Duckworth

, quoting the philosopher, on aligning one's wants with what one wants to want.

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Mentioned by

Reid Hoffman

in the context of AI's ability to generate compelling but potentially false explanations.

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Mentioned in the episode description as the book that defines the concept of "BS" used to classify ChatGPT's outputs.

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Recommended by

Stephen Kotkin

as a serious discussion that teaches a lot about the nature of truth and the truth regime.

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Recommended by

Sari Azout

as incredibly relevant to the AI conversation.

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Mentioned by

Eli Lake

as the author of 'On Bullshit', a seminal work on the topic.

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Mentioned by

John Vervaeke

in the context of social media's impact on truth-seeking and salience.

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Mentioned by

Meghan Sullivan

as a book explaining the concept of "bullshit" in philosophy.

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Rob Wijnberg

refereert aan het boek, waarbij Harry Frankfurt de term 'bullshitter' filosofisch heeft bedacht.

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Mentioned by Mike Pesca in reference to its success and brevity.

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Mentioned by

Caleb Zakarin

as philosopher Harry Frankfurt’s seminal work on bullshit.

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Mentioned by

Tom Chivers

as an essay on the concept of bullshit.

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Erwähnt von

Jürgen Wiebicke

im Kontext der Unterscheidung zwischen Lüge und Bullshit.

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Mentioned by

Emile Torres

when explaining the distinction between a liar and a bullshitter.

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Mentioned by

Nick Covington

as the origin of the term 'bullshit', relevant to the philosophical critique of AI.

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Mentioned by

Eli Lake

in the context of discussing the nature of political discourse and the prevalence of 'bullshit' in politics.

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