:: Harry G. Frankfurt : on Bullshit ::

Frankfurt on bullshit.

"How would our culture change without BS in it?"
Franfurt: "It would be a lot quiter... Hm. I don't know how it would be different, appart from the fact that a lot of people would find it difficult to say anything."

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Sincerity (earnestness) vs. facts (observations). Or morality vs. objectivity.

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Harry Gordon Frankfurt is a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University. He previously taught at Yale University and Rockefeller University. His major areas of interest include moral philosophy, philosophy of mind and action, and 17th century rationalism. His 1986 paper On Bullshit, a philosophical investigation of the concept of "bullshit", was republished as a book in 2005 and became a surprise bestseller.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Frankfurt

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[observationspring]

"How would our culture change without BS in it?"

Franfurt: "It would be a lot quiter... Hm. I don't know how it would be different, appart from the fact that a lot of people would find it difficult to say anything."

[MegaFeofan]

haha, can be perfectly applied to physics

string theory

bing bang

black holes

dark energy

quarks

shmarks

list goes on

[joncobber]

@monicamir, I couldnt agree more

[turgore]

anyone know where I can find this book in text or pdf version ?

[REAL88E]

@observationspring advertiser would be out of work and most whitecollar workers would be two

[astrothousand98]

BS is just the apparent form of what mostly what I think to be North America has created as a way to lie yet tell the truth and a form in which it persuades peoples in order to go toward there thinking or one different but in a since hiding some truth over it as a form or lie though not a complete of the two...though the world has become so in wrapped with this BS that we have totally lost what is and is not with only others leading others in mindless debates over nothing in particular only a BS

[mellowtribe]

They were crying over such a waste of canvas.

[mellowtribe]

You are correct. Public school is a BS factory. Really the public school system is a juvenile detention center used for baby sitting. If we shut all the public schools down I think we would improve the lives of many and save 700 billion for this colossal bs institution

[steveey251]

The first part is true, But Rothko is an incredible artist, and your clearly looking at art from a very superficial "surface" perspective, evaluating art only by its colors and color relationships, which is SO missing the point of someone like Rothko's art. People have broken down crying in front of Rothko's work. Why is this? There is a lot more to it then meets the eye. If you are only looking at art for the color relationships, your missing the point.

[leezus83]

this is bullshit. who gives a fuck as long as he gets paid.