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The Return of Sophistry
We are in the return that we're seeing the return of sophistry, right? So sophistry had the hit the high mark in ancient Athens. And now, and now it's back with vengeance. There is actually a technical term that philosopher is used for this: 'Bullshitting' I like that term. Got straight to the quick. Exactly. But a bullshitter is exactly what you just described a couple of minutes ago. Somebody who throws in you a bunch of different things, some of which are actually true. Others are clearly false. They're kind of true, but actually distorted. And he doesn't care. Because his goal is not to convey information. The goal
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