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One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. everyone knows this. each of us contributes his share. but we tend to take the situation for granted. most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. so the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern, or attracted much sustained inquiry. in consequence, we have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, why there is so much of it, or what functions it serves.
-Harry Frankfurt
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Harry Frankfurt
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. everyone knows this. each of us contributes his share. but we tend to take the situation for granted. most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. so the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern, or attracted much sustained inquiry. in consequence, we have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, why there is so much of it, or what functions it serves.
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