The Ubiquity, Functions, And Contexts Of Bullshitting

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Aug 22 21:32:40 PDT 2002


I don't have time right now to follow up on the web site, but on the term "bullshit."

It _can_ be (and in some contexts has been) a highly useful _technical_. It designates an argument that is merely disruptive -- disruptive in the sense that _any_ attempt to refute it would be a serious waste of time. It seems to me that the politics of Chuck0 are simply bullshit in this sense. They win if anyone bothers to argue against them.

Carrol



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