https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit
Had no idea bullshit was invented by a philosopher in 1986. I am sure I had heard that term before that date... From: Chuck McCown Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 4:29 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT weekend edition: Lies, Lies, Lies Added a word to my lexicon from this podcast: mendacious I am sure I have heard it before but never used it and never looked up the meaning until now. I do use prevaricate, and confabulate. Now I will have to add mendacious. From: Bill Prince Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 3:37 PM To: Motorola III Subject: [AFMUG] OT weekend edition: Lies, Lies, Lies I listened to this story from On the Media on NPR, and found it very entertaining. It's a discussion about "Lies", and humans inability to just tell the truth. http://www.onthemedia.org/story/on-the-media-2015-12-04/ One interesting sub-topic was Donald Trump, and an examination of 72 statements from the Donald. Of the 72 statement examined by Politifact.org, exactly zero of the statements was considered "true". About 4% of his statements were considered "partially true", but 84% of his statements were "mostly false", "false", or "pants on fire". -- bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
