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On Bullshit (2005)

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raidicy ◴[] No.42314563[source]
I'm currently reading "Calling Bullshit - The art of skepticism in a data driven world" by Carl T Bergstrom and Jevin D West.

Harry Frankfurt is mentioned in the preface of this book. And "On Bullshit" will probably be my next book I read on the subject.

Thanks for the share.

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gregw2 ◴[] No.42316638[source]
Its remarkably non-obvious from the online catalog book cover picture, but the Frankfurt book is among the smallest and shortest I have ever read. Note the book dimensions and page count. You will find it a quick read.

It'd be interesting to reread in light of LLM developments and hallucinations, but being written by a philosopher the book is is more of a nice timeless lens to apply to whatever sort of BS that concerns you.

I'd also like to reread it in light of what I've learned about narcissism since I last read it.

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1. nchmy ◴[] No.42317279[source]
Its not really a book - its just an essay published in 20-page book format.

Here it is for free https://archive.org/details/on-bullshit-by-harry-frankfurt