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Ep. 4 - Socrates and the Quest for Wisdom

Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

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How Does the Liar Work?

A person can be both a liar and a bulshet artist. Lying depends on the fact that, in general, people are committed to the truth. Bullshitting works by making you unconcerned with whether or not what is being said is true. When somebody's bullshitting you, they're trying to get you to not find important or right central how true the claim is. They're trying to capture you in terms of ther rhetoric. So there was a famous example from this from the simpsons. And at the time, it seemed so almost absurdly ridiculous, funny. But it is turned out to be extremely, extremely prescient.

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