Of course everything on Wikipedia is absolutely true...
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On 12/12/2015 3:37 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
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 <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>
*Sent:* Saturday, December 12, 2015 4:29 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto: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 <mailto:part15...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Saturday, December 12, 2015 3:37 PM
*To:* Motorola III <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*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
<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/nov/01/principles-politifact-punditfact-and-truth-o-meter/>,
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".
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