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Chpt 1 Bullshit everywhere
Brandolini’s principal of creating bullshit is so much easier than cleaning it up. E.g Wakefield’s anti vaccine paper and documentary
And bullshit spreads faster
— Jul 15, 2026 11:09AM
Brandolini’s principal of creating bullshit is so much easier than cleaning it up. E.g Wakefield’s anti vaccine paper and documentary
And bullshit spreads faster
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Chpt 3 the nature of bullshit
To persuade or impress not to lead to truth
Latour’s blackbox many bluffs and cites. To call one bullshit call all of them bullshit
criminal machine learning:
E.g 2016, ArXiv detect criminal from facial features. Data problem, non criminal smiling professional headshots and criminal Id photos. Curvature of the mouth etc just cause of data
— Jul 18, 2026 09:43AM
To persuade or impress not to lead to truth
Latour’s blackbox many bluffs and cites. To call one bullshit call all of them bullshit
criminal machine learning:
E.g 2016, ArXiv detect criminal from facial features. Data problem, non criminal smiling professional headshots and criminal Id photos. Curvature of the mouth etc just cause of data
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Chapter 2 Media Msg and Misinformation
Incentive misalignment of fostering long term subscription versus getting clicks
“Make u feel bla” most popular headlines
Share to signal self versus truth
Repercussions e.g. 2018 fake videos abt kidnapping, xenophobia, killed tourists
E.g Jordan peele and Obama face swap. Macedonian children and Russian bots. When ppl are scared enough, they stop talking.
— Jul 16, 2026 06:32PM
Incentive misalignment of fostering long term subscription versus getting clicks
“Make u feel bla” most popular headlines
Share to signal self versus truth
Repercussions e.g. 2018 fake videos abt kidnapping, xenophobia, killed tourists
E.g Jordan peele and Obama face swap. Macedonian children and Russian bots. When ppl are scared enough, they stop talking.