I wonder if Harry Frankfurt's (1986) take on bullshit is relevant here:
It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction. A person who lies is thereby responding to the truth, and he is to that extent respectful of it. When an honest man speaks, he says only what he believes to be true; and for the liar, it is correspondingly indispensable that he considers his statements to be false. For the bullshitter, however, all these bets are off: he is neither on the side of the true nor on the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all, as the eyes of the honest man and of the liar are, except insofar as they may be pertinent to his interest in getting away with what he says. He does not care whether the things he says describe reality correctly. He just picks them out, or makes them up, to suit his purpose.
Harry Frankfurt reference just made my night. You have earned a follower.
Had you quoted Sidney Morganbesser, I would have probably purchased you a bride from Russia.
Hi. I am Mr. Helpful. It appears as if @samueldouglas sent his response to you, to me. Wow! So awkward.
This is what he said:
I read it and did not know what the hell he was talking about but you might know.
LOL!
Well I saw a show on the local television with a guy who looks like a girl that has four wives and like 29 children, and he says it’s because LDS Jesus said so.
So I was just following the rules and offering Mr. Douglas another wife, in addition to, rather than in lieu of, his current wife.
Like a Bedouin or a cultleader in a U.S. flyover State somewhere.
How much for a wife? Do you take STEEM?
Thanks! To be honest, I can't believe it took me so long to think of Frankfurt. Thanks for not purchasing the bride - my wife and I appreciate it. Still, it's the thought that counts.
Sounds about right.
Thanks! To be honest, I can't believe it took me so long to think of Frankfurt. Thanks for not purchasing the bride - my wife and I appreciate it. Still, it's the thought that counts.