On Bullshit Part 1

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  • čas přidán 17. 09. 2007
  • A conversation with Harry G. Frankfurt, author of On Bullshit, published by Princeton University Press

Komentáře • 112

  • @bmertelj
    @bmertelj Před 13 lety +30

    People are more tolerant about bull-shit than lying before they became more egoistic.
    Let me explain: Lying is usualy used to manipulate or trick us personaly and therefore we feel threatened if and when lied to. Bull-shitting threatens us less because it is performed in a way that nobody is directly attacked, it just gradually erodes truth - so we don't feel we lost anything - even if we did.
    If we were less focused on our limited personal gain we would value truth more and resent bullshit.

  • @TheJoergenDK
    @TheJoergenDK Před 6 lety +31

    This is so relevant, and so close to the truth, it is relevant to any discussion on any topic you can think of.

  • @wkiernan
    @wkiernan Před 2 lety +23

    I read the interviewer's line "I'll confess I haven't read all of it, it's a little on the longish side..." (the hardcover is all of 67 pages long!) as a little tip-o'-the-hat to the idea of bullshit right there.

    • @drivebyquipper
      @drivebyquipper Před 2 lety +2

      That's ivy league tongue-in-cheek right there. Lol!

    • @odie9202
      @odie9202 Před 11 měsíci

      Wow, completely correct lmao

  • @nimium1955
    @nimium1955 Před 8 lety +44

    INTERVIEWER: "I confess I haven't read it all of it, it's a little on the longish side" @ 0:36
    Hardcover: 67 pages
    Publisher: Princeton University Press; 1 edition (January 30, 2005)
    Good start.

    • @txdmsk
      @txdmsk Před 8 lety

      +nimium1955
      I think ( I hope ) he was joking.

    • @egcrump
      @egcrump Před 8 lety +15

      He was obviously making a joke. He holds the book up when he says it, and the author chuckles.

    • @hrn4757
      @hrn4757 Před 4 lety +2

      Frankly, I don't care whether he was joking or not.

    • @peterm1826
      @peterm1826 Před 4 lety

      Lordeverfall100 your reply was bullshit😁

    • @kevinmilligan2404
      @kevinmilligan2404 Před 3 lety +1

      haha. you dont get them

  • @readingforwisdom7037
    @readingforwisdom7037 Před 5 lety +12

    Classic! "What is the nature of bullshit?" asked in a straitlaced academic manner. Love it. Darn important subject though.

  • @Diego-bz3mc
    @Diego-bz3mc Před rokem +3

    That, ladies and gentlemen, is the exact definition of a "Ben Shaphiro"

  • @mrtriffid
    @mrtriffid Před 2 lety +6

    The concept of "bullshit" should not be so obscure, as it is essentially the heart of that modern industry known as 'marketing,' and therefore the heart of contemporary capitalism. "Bullshitting" is the practice of achieving a certain behavioral outcome through 'linguistic' means! Consumption has replaced the concept of civil society, therefore marketing has replaced dialogue, or civil discourse. In such a society, the 'truth,' or concrete realities, become irrelevant.

  • @SergioBecerraII
    @SergioBecerraII Před rokem +2

    I love the book, “On Bullshit.” I’ve learned a lot from it.

  • @thepakistallion9445
    @thepakistallion9445 Před 2 lety +3

    Words directly to my heart. Gonna find this book

  • @Jgallstar1
    @Jgallstar1 Před rokem +2

    Proud to say I ordered this book this week! This video was way too intriguing

  • @Southparkateer2
    @Southparkateer2 Před 11 lety +10

    The book should be called "How to be a successful politician/ For dummies."

    • @pyrattpete
      @pyrattpete Před 7 lety +2

      how prophetic

    • @airmark02
      @airmark02 Před 2 lety

      & may explain why
      Obama is a Liar &
      Trump is a Bullshiter ?

    • @rodya10
      @rodya10 Před 2 lety

      Tony Blair must’ve read it

  • @DystopianEmpire01
    @DystopianEmpire01 Před 11 lety

    Thank you very much!

  • @dirosaga
    @dirosaga Před 13 lety +10

    George Carlin would have liked this, for sure lol. RIP George

  • @ronnievelasquez7287
    @ronnievelasquez7287 Před 6 lety

    Wow professor ( i think you really hammered this one down)

  • @quetzalatecca5133
    @quetzalatecca5133 Před 4 lety +1

    This reporter gets a gold star.

  • @DystopianEmpire01
    @DystopianEmpire01 Před 11 lety

    Thanks for the comment. Can you please post me a link?
    YT is practically impossible to navigate now, I can't even find my own channel half the time.

  • @tobymnewton
    @tobymnewton Před měsícem

    Beautiful.

  • @DystopianEmpire01
    @DystopianEmpire01 Před 11 lety +2

    I though there was a part 2, I guess I got bullshitted.

  • @edwardruthazer1849
    @edwardruthazer1849 Před 10 lety +1

    This video defines the word "irony"

  • @bobbygnosis
    @bobbygnosis Před 16 lety +2

    I kinda think that if you apply the university professors saying, "publish or perish" to this book you end up with a sort of fuck you to the general status quo of putting out bullshit books just to make your department look good.
    I really liked the book.

  • @Spider_7_7
    @Spider_7_7 Před 13 lety

    @jdbrown371 Agreed.

  • @LunkwillFook
    @LunkwillFook Před 12 lety +1

    In the words of the incredible Robert Anton Wilson - the Universe contains a MAYBE.

  • @franklanguage
    @franklanguage Před 12 lety +3

    Repeat after me: "Bullshit baffles brains."

  • @Spider_7_7
    @Spider_7_7 Před 12 lety

    @jdbrown371 Amen!

  • @yiquanawalkb4run26
    @yiquanawalkb4run26 Před 11 měsíci +1

    It’s not so strange how Tony Blair just came to mind

  • @MrSmbass1
    @MrSmbass1 Před 11 lety

    Glad I can see through the bullshit.

  • @TastyZwieback
    @TastyZwieback Před 12 lety +4

    He says 'the motivation of a bullshitter, is not to say things that are true or even that are false"...this is true! The motivation of a bullshitter is to just say something that will benefit him/her regardless of its veracity. It's a completely self-serving mechanism. Sometimes it's just for the bullshitter to hear their own jaws flapping! Quite similar to a lot of university/college professors! LOL :-)

  • @maceyofgrandbend
    @maceyofgrandbend Před 14 lety

    Sounds like every day life

  • @samsassy3058
    @samsassy3058 Před 8 lety

    nice video

  • @joekiddone
    @joekiddone Před 11 lety

    My dad used to say "horseshit" and I knew what he meant.

  • @markdropdizzle
    @markdropdizzle Před 12 lety

    guess those two dislikes must have been from SPEP schools...

  • @macaco2
    @macaco2 Před 5 lety +7

    avgn

  • @bertnerny
    @bertnerny Před 2 lety

    I’d like to know the origin of the term ‘bullshit’

  • @user-op3tt9rn8s
    @user-op3tt9rn8s Před 3 lety

    Ничего не понял, но очень интересно)

  • @skatechildd
    @skatechildd Před 13 lety

    i didnt know anyone else was into this kind of stuff..

  • @RAMSEY1987
    @RAMSEY1987 Před 15 lety +2

    it is a though Frankfurt is describing religious dogma

    • @playswithbricks
      @playswithbricks Před 2 lety

      The difference between objective truth and objective false is very important for the religiously dogmatic, so no: as much as you may have seen a group in your cross-hairs to shoot at, I don’t believe that group would fall under this topic.

  • @zachariaskoutsokostas5511
    @zachariaskoutsokostas5511 Před měsícem

    Surprised to listen by a professional philosopher regarding the existence of truth. Implied to be, at all times, something different than the conviction of your own self reasoning (own bullshit)

  • @ronnievelasquez7287
    @ronnievelasquez7287 Před 6 lety

    Can you ah further ah, go into detail aboutabout the art of bullshit?

  • @l.w.paradis2108
    @l.w.paradis2108 Před rokem

    See Plato's Gorgias for an explanation.

  • @owlnyc666
    @owlnyc666 Před 2 lety

    Lack of concern between what is true or false. 😉

  • @fffffftiger8195
    @fffffftiger8195 Před 2 lety

    @garyvee my man #1 bs'er

  • @jmm1233
    @jmm1233 Před 13 lety

    Frankfurt and Randi , two guy with white beards , all on the subject of debunking bullshit , these guys need a show and a good theme tune , something like this watch?v=2w7M8QSl3xg

  • @damarisgavens572
    @damarisgavens572 Před rokem

    This isn’t drake

  • @shubhmohansingh8159
    @shubhmohansingh8159 Před 4 měsíci

    Should this mean that a bullshitter should necessarily be unaware of the truth? Otherwise he would be a liar.

  • @drivebyquipper
    @drivebyquipper Před 2 lety

    Caught .me.

  • @modiddley6656
    @modiddley6656 Před 2 lety +1

    analytic philosophy=== >>>> ANALOSOPHY

  • @RevolutionRequired
    @RevolutionRequired Před 13 lety

    @bahramf great example of bull $hit

  • @tashafangs
    @tashafangs Před 16 lety

    I call bullshit

  • @bertnerny
    @bertnerny Před 2 lety

    Bullshitting is synonymous with lying

  • @GreyTheSocraticGamer
    @GreyTheSocraticGamer Před 10 lety +2

    bunch of bullshit in these comments, and you and I both know it. You don't have to look at it because it wont get better. It's all bullshit.

  • @WHERESSS
    @WHERESSS Před 11 lety

    Thanks for blocking me from your video after taking a couple of days to form your response. I'm asian by the way, and household income is well over $200k, so I am in no way trying to put down Asians with my comments. I am however pointing out that the stat can mislead those who lack knowledge of stats. My comments' purpose was to point that out, and you have deleted them. Way to keep an open forum. All you are doing is trying to force your viewpoints. Afraid much?

  • @VasilisBotoulas
    @VasilisBotoulas Před 15 lety

    Or evolution...

  • @OMEGALFA.
    @OMEGALFA. Před rokem

    2:22 "The question of whether what he says is TRUE or FALSE is really irrelevant to his [the BULLSHITER's] pursuit of that ambition." WHAT WAS and IS TRUMP"s TRUE PURPOSE and AMBITION?

  • @thyangellaforever
    @thyangellaforever Před 2 lety

    those hackers who are bullshitters with no education and zero logic. I had enough of them. I seriously hate men like all my exes and men I met this life, and those hackers who could only hack but either have low education levels or very stupid and with bad English levels...

  • @anthonywilson8998
    @anthonywilson8998 Před rokem

    He should be calling it B.J. now. The philosophy of good govmt. Strategy and behaviour. by the uk govmt. ASHAMEDLY.

  • @bighardstiff
    @bighardstiff Před 11 lety +3

    anyone else think he's bullshitting?

  • @bmertelj
    @bmertelj Před 13 lety +1

    People are more tolerant about bull-shit than lying before they became more egoistic.
    Let me explain: Lying is usualy used to manipulate or trick us personaly and therefore we feel threatened if and when lied to. Bull-shitting threatens us less because it is performed in a way that nobody is directly attacked, it just gradually erodes truth - so we don't feel we lost anything - even if we did.
    If we were less focused on our limited personal gain we would value truth more and resent bullshit.