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RE: On Bullshit

Posted on July 9, 2019 by nmw

A friend of mine recently mentioned he has back-ordered “On Bullshit” (by Harry Frankfurt) and I thought “oh neat – maybe I can borrow it sometime for a day or two”… but then I realized something. Bullshit is not rare … Continue reading →

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Some Reflections on the Revolution in Propaganda

Posted on December 21, 2018 by nmw

More or less exactly ten generations after Edmund Burke’s treatise concerning the French Revolution and roughly about twenty generations after the invention of Gutenberg’s printing press, I would like to give you a small update on the state of news, … Continue reading →

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The Rationality of Uncertainty

Posted on December 30, 2016 by nmw

When I was learning science in high school, I was mesmerized by the notion that scientific facts were true, myths were false, and there were still things that needed to be „figured out“. I was very impressed by the way … Continue reading →

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The Irrationality of Irrationality

Posted on December 3, 2016 by nmw

When you let the word “irrational” roll off your tongue, you do a very irrational thing: You specify something that doesn’t exist. It is very much like trying do describe a vaccum (not the cleaner, but rather the contents of … Continue reading →

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RE: On Bullshit

Some Reflections on the Revolution in Propaganda

The Rationality of Uncertainty

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