Previous: Bullshit and Facts | Table Of Contents We can’t handle the facts if we can’t define our terms. A frequent mode of bullshit in the fitness and wellness industry is shifting definitions and plastic terms. A term that morphs depending on the whim of a speaker is not a very useful one. Here, we … Read more

Previous: The Conversion of a Skeptic | Table Of Contents While perusing André Spicer’s book, Business Bullshit, I was surprised to find that a central misunderstanding about bullshit had found its way into the second chapter. The author was discussing examples of vague and abstract mission statements which seem to contain no facts, when he … Read more

Previous: The Online Bullshit Industry | Table of Contents According to Loren Collins, author of Bullspotting: Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation, the one thing that skeptics and conspiracy theorists have in common is a conversion experience. This is the event or period in their lives that turned them into a ‘convert.’ The time … Read more

Previous: Introduction | Table of Contents In order to immunize yourself against bullshit, keep in mind this one simple rule. Many websites are based on an “industry of bullshit.” Website owners, from big companies to individual bloggers, often hope to make money from their websites. This is not bad. A person should be able to … Read more

Table of Contents | Back to Preface “In bullshitting claims are made, judgements cast, arguments presented, all with the unbearable lightness of those who are free of any responsibility or commitment, even if it is a freedom that is rooted in a profound sense of impotence or insecurity. A lack of faith in genuine inquiry, … Read more