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foldr on Aug 15, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior

Surface profoundness is a contradiction in terms.

red75prime on Aug 15, 2018 [–]

OK, deep soundingness.

foldr on Aug 15, 2018 | [–]

Well, the bullshit sentences also “sound” deep to the untrained ear. That’s part of what makes them bullshit as opposed to just plain nonsense.

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