How's Your Bullshit Detector? | The Smirking Chimp - 2 views
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the phrase, "crap-detecting," originated with Ernest Hemingway who when asked if there were one quality needed, above all others, to be a good writer, replied, "Yes, a built-in, shock-proof, crap detector."
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As I see it, the best things schools can do for kids is to help them learn how to distinguish useful talk from bullshit
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There are so many varieties of bullshit I couldn't hope to mention but a few, and elaborate on even fewer. I will, therefore, select those varieties that have some transcendent significance.
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