The Paradoxical Commandments, by Dr. Kent M. Keith, 1968, renewed 2001
www.paradoxicalcommandments.com
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down
by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
فرامين متناقض
مردم اغلب غیر منطقی، بيانصاف و خودخواه هستند؛
بهر حال به آنها عشق بورز.
اگر كار نيك كني ، مردم تو را متهم به داشتن انگيزههاي پنهان ميكنند؛
بهر حال كار نيك كن.
اگر موفق شوی، دوستان دروغین و دشمنان واقعی بدست خواهی آورد؛
بهر حال موفق شو.
کار نيك امروزت، فردا فراموش می شود؛
بهر حال كار نيك كن.
صداقت و صراحت ترا آسيبپذير ميكند؛
بهر حال صادق و صریح باش.
افراد بزرگ با افكاري بزرگ توسط افرادي كوچك با افكاري كوچك از ميان برداشته ميشوند؛
بهرحال بزرگ فكر كن
مردم طرفدار بازندهها و پيرو برندهگان بزرگنند؛
بهرحال براي بازنده ها تلاش كن.
چیزی را که برای ساختنش سال ها تلاش کرده ای، ممكن است در یک شب از بين برود؛
بهر حال بساز.
مردم واقعاً به كمك نياز دارند، اما اگر به آنها كمك كني ممكن است به تو حمله ميكنند؛
بهرحال به مردم كمك كن.
اگر بهترین هایت را به دنیا بدهي ممكن است سرخورده شوي؛
بهر حال تو بهترین هایت را به دنیا بده.
https://t.me/MkNotes/88
www.paradoxicalcommandments.com
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down
by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
فرامين متناقض
مردم اغلب غیر منطقی، بيانصاف و خودخواه هستند؛
بهر حال به آنها عشق بورز.
اگر كار نيك كني ، مردم تو را متهم به داشتن انگيزههاي پنهان ميكنند؛
بهر حال كار نيك كن.
اگر موفق شوی، دوستان دروغین و دشمنان واقعی بدست خواهی آورد؛
بهر حال موفق شو.
کار نيك امروزت، فردا فراموش می شود؛
بهر حال كار نيك كن.
صداقت و صراحت ترا آسيبپذير ميكند؛
بهر حال صادق و صریح باش.
افراد بزرگ با افكاري بزرگ توسط افرادي كوچك با افكاري كوچك از ميان برداشته ميشوند؛
بهرحال بزرگ فكر كن
مردم طرفدار بازندهها و پيرو برندهگان بزرگنند؛
بهرحال براي بازنده ها تلاش كن.
چیزی را که برای ساختنش سال ها تلاش کرده ای، ممكن است در یک شب از بين برود؛
بهر حال بساز.
مردم واقعاً به كمك نياز دارند، اما اگر به آنها كمك كني ممكن است به تو حمله ميكنند؛
بهرحال به مردم كمك كن.
اگر بهترین هایت را به دنیا بدهي ممكن است سرخورده شوي؛
بهر حال تو بهترین هایت را به دنیا بده.
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The Paradoxical Commandments, by Dr. Kent M. Keith, 1968, renewed 2001
www.paradoxicalcommandments.com
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good…
www.paradoxicalcommandments.com
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good…
How a Bad Mood Affects EMPATHY in Your Brain
According to a new study, we're less able to resonate with other people’s pain when we’re feeling down. Jill Suttie- Dec. 2017
Bad moods are no fun; but we all get them from time to time. I sometimes feel down reading the news or forgetting to exercise; others may become moody after a setback at work or a fight with their partner.
Now, a new study published in Psychophysiology suggests that bad moods seem to impact the neural underpinnings of empathy, as well, with important implications for our relationships. Past research has shown that our neural wiring allows us to experience what another person is feeling—something called emotional resonance, an important element of empathy. This is why we tend to get scared watching horror movies and feel happy when a loved one expresses joy.
To look at how moods might affect emotional resonance, researchers in the new study hooked up 23 students from a Chinese university to an EEG to measure brain activity and had them listen to music or to a broadcast that put them in either a good, bad, or neutral mood.
Participants were then shown pictures of people going through painful or neutral experiences—such as getting a hand shut in a door versus seeing a hand closing the same door. Afterwards, they reported how much pain they thought the person in the picture felt and how painful it was for them to see these pictures. Findings revealed that participants in a bad mood showed brain activity linked to lowered emotional resonance with people in pain than participants in a positive or neutral mood. This pattern was mirrored in how they rated their own discomfort at seeing others in pain, suggesting that someone in a bad mood might be less empathic and less motivated to help a person suffering than someone in a good mood.
According to the authors of the study, this concurs with previous studies that found people in a bad mood are less able to mirror other people’s actions and facial expressions. In other words, we are less tuned to others when we’re not feeling good. The study extended past research by showing us the neural underpinnings that may be responsible for this effect.
On the other hand, participants in a bad mood did not consistently make reduced ratings of another’s pain in the painful scenarios. So, while our bad moods may affect automatic, unconscious empathic processes, they seem to have less impact on cognitively controlled processes—such as imagining how another person might feel.
What does this mean for our relationships? Being in a bad mood could impact our orientation toward another’s suffering and our desire to alleviate it. In addition, since bad moods may be contagious, being in a bad mood could put others in a bad mood, which might impact their ability to empathize with us, as well. In just the moment when we could use some support, our ability to connect may be hindered.
Of course, bad moods aren’t something most of us can control. And we shouldn’t simply try to wipe them away and fake being happy. But, if we keep in mind that we have the power to shift our moods and maintain some emotional balance, we may be doing ourselves—and those around us—a big favor.
https://t.me/MkNotes/517
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_a_bad_mood_affects_empathy_in_your_brain#
According to a new study, we're less able to resonate with other people’s pain when we’re feeling down. Jill Suttie- Dec. 2017
Bad moods are no fun; but we all get them from time to time. I sometimes feel down reading the news or forgetting to exercise; others may become moody after a setback at work or a fight with their partner.
Now, a new study published in Psychophysiology suggests that bad moods seem to impact the neural underpinnings of empathy, as well, with important implications for our relationships. Past research has shown that our neural wiring allows us to experience what another person is feeling—something called emotional resonance, an important element of empathy. This is why we tend to get scared watching horror movies and feel happy when a loved one expresses joy.
To look at how moods might affect emotional resonance, researchers in the new study hooked up 23 students from a Chinese university to an EEG to measure brain activity and had them listen to music or to a broadcast that put them in either a good, bad, or neutral mood.
Participants were then shown pictures of people going through painful or neutral experiences—such as getting a hand shut in a door versus seeing a hand closing the same door. Afterwards, they reported how much pain they thought the person in the picture felt and how painful it was for them to see these pictures. Findings revealed that participants in a bad mood showed brain activity linked to lowered emotional resonance with people in pain than participants in a positive or neutral mood. This pattern was mirrored in how they rated their own discomfort at seeing others in pain, suggesting that someone in a bad mood might be less empathic and less motivated to help a person suffering than someone in a good mood.
According to the authors of the study, this concurs with previous studies that found people in a bad mood are less able to mirror other people’s actions and facial expressions. In other words, we are less tuned to others when we’re not feeling good. The study extended past research by showing us the neural underpinnings that may be responsible for this effect.
On the other hand, participants in a bad mood did not consistently make reduced ratings of another’s pain in the painful scenarios. So, while our bad moods may affect automatic, unconscious empathic processes, they seem to have less impact on cognitively controlled processes—such as imagining how another person might feel.
What does this mean for our relationships? Being in a bad mood could impact our orientation toward another’s suffering and our desire to alleviate it. In addition, since bad moods may be contagious, being in a bad mood could put others in a bad mood, which might impact their ability to empathize with us, as well. In just the moment when we could use some support, our ability to connect may be hindered.
Of course, bad moods aren’t something most of us can control. And we shouldn’t simply try to wipe them away and fake being happy. But, if we keep in mind that we have the power to shift our moods and maintain some emotional balance, we may be doing ourselves—and those around us—a big favor.
https://t.me/MkNotes/517
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_a_bad_mood_affects_empathy_in_your_brain#
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How a Bad Mood Affects EMPATHY in Your Brain
According to a new study, we're less able to resonate with other people’s pain when we’re feeling down. Jill Suttie- Dec. 2017
Bad moods are no fun; but we all get them from time to time. I sometimes feel down…
According to a new study, we're less able to resonate with other people’s pain when we’re feeling down. Jill Suttie- Dec. 2017
Bad moods are no fun; but we all get them from time to time. I sometimes feel down…
A 3rd grade child was doing his math homework and he was saying 3+2 son of a bitch is 5.. 4+3 son of bitch is 7, well his mother was near by and over heard his dirty language .. she came in and asked him who taught him such words. He told her that it was his teacher... well being so upset over all this, she went to the teacher the next day and asked her why she would allow her son to say things like that? And the teacher says what? 2+3 sum of which is 5.
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Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dK2tDK9grQ
569,826,178 views
The club isn’t the best place to find a lover
So the bar is where I go
Me and my friends at the table doing shots drinking fast and then we talk slow
you come over and start up a conversation with just me and trust me I’ll give it a chance now
Take my hand stop, put van the man on the jukebox and then we start to dance
And now I’m singing like
Girl you know I want your love
Your love was handmade for somebody like me
Come on now follow my lead
I may be crazy don’t mind me
Say boy let’s not talk too much
Grab on my waist and put that body on me
Come on now follow my lead
Come come on now follow my lead
I’m in love with the shape of you
We push and pull like a magnet do
Although my heart is falling too
I’m in love with your body
Last night you were in my room
And now my bed sheets smell like you
Every day discovering something brand new
I’m in love with your body
Oh I X 4
I’m in love with your body
Oh I X 4
I’m in love with your body
Oh I X 4
I’m in love with your body
Every day discovering something brand new
I’m in love with the shape of you
One week in we let the story begin
We’re going out on our first date
You and me are thrifty
So go all you can eat
Fill up your bag and I fill up a plate
We talk for hours and hours about the sweet and the sour
And how your family’s doing ok
leave and get in a taxi, then kiss in the backseat
Tell the driver make the radio play
and I'm singing like
Girl you know I want your love
Your love was handmade for somebody like me
Come on now follow my lead
I may be crazy, don’t mind me
Say boy let’s not talk too much
Grab on my waist and put that body on me
Come on now follow my lead
Come come on now follow my lead
I’m in love with the shape of you
We push and pull like a magnet do
Although my heart is falling too
I’m in love with your body
Last night you were in my room
And now my bed sheets smell like you
Every day discovering something brand new
Well I’m in love with your body
Oh I x 4
I’m in love with your body
Oh I x 4
I’m in love with your body
Oh I X 4
I’m in love with your body
Every day discovering something brand new
I’m in love with the shape of you
Come on be my baby come on X 8
I’m in love with the shape of you
We push and pull like a magnet do
Although my heart is falling too
I’m in love with your body
Last night you were in my room
And now my bed sheets smell like you
Every day discovering something brand new
Well I’m in love with your body
Come on be my baby come on X 6
Every day discovering something brand new
I’m in love with the shape of you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dK2tDK9grQ
569,826,178 views
The club isn’t the best place to find a lover
So the bar is where I go
Me and my friends at the table doing shots drinking fast and then we talk slow
you come over and start up a conversation with just me and trust me I’ll give it a chance now
Take my hand stop, put van the man on the jukebox and then we start to dance
And now I’m singing like
Girl you know I want your love
Your love was handmade for somebody like me
Come on now follow my lead
I may be crazy don’t mind me
Say boy let’s not talk too much
Grab on my waist and put that body on me
Come on now follow my lead
Come come on now follow my lead
I’m in love with the shape of you
We push and pull like a magnet do
Although my heart is falling too
I’m in love with your body
Last night you were in my room
And now my bed sheets smell like you
Every day discovering something brand new
I’m in love with your body
Oh I X 4
I’m in love with your body
Oh I X 4
I’m in love with your body
Oh I X 4
I’m in love with your body
Every day discovering something brand new
I’m in love with the shape of you
One week in we let the story begin
We’re going out on our first date
You and me are thrifty
So go all you can eat
Fill up your bag and I fill up a plate
We talk for hours and hours about the sweet and the sour
And how your family’s doing ok
leave and get in a taxi, then kiss in the backseat
Tell the driver make the radio play
and I'm singing like
Girl you know I want your love
Your love was handmade for somebody like me
Come on now follow my lead
I may be crazy, don’t mind me
Say boy let’s not talk too much
Grab on my waist and put that body on me
Come on now follow my lead
Come come on now follow my lead
I’m in love with the shape of you
We push and pull like a magnet do
Although my heart is falling too
I’m in love with your body
Last night you were in my room
And now my bed sheets smell like you
Every day discovering something brand new
Well I’m in love with your body
Oh I x 4
I’m in love with your body
Oh I x 4
I’m in love with your body
Oh I X 4
I’m in love with your body
Every day discovering something brand new
I’m in love with the shape of you
Come on be my baby come on X 8
I’m in love with the shape of you
We push and pull like a magnet do
Although my heart is falling too
I’m in love with your body
Last night you were in my room
And now my bed sheets smell like you
Every day discovering something brand new
Well I’m in love with your body
Come on be my baby come on X 6
Every day discovering something brand new
I’m in love with the shape of you
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Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You [Official Lyric Video]
Brand new album 'Play' out now: https://es.lnk.to/play
The official lyric video for Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
Taken from the studio album ÷ (divide) released in 2017, which featured the hit singles 'Castle on the Hill', 'Shape of You', 'Galway Girl',…
The official lyric video for Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
Taken from the studio album ÷ (divide) released in 2017, which featured the hit singles 'Castle on the Hill', 'Shape of You', 'Galway Girl',…
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Stand by Me
چرا حرف مفت آنقدر زیاد است؟
آدمهایی که رویکرد شکاکیتگرایانه دارند امروز در جامعه بسیارند و فرهنگ ما اکنون بهگونهای شده که همه باید درباره همه چیز اظهار نظر کنیم و اگر درباره چیزی توئیت، هشتک و... نگذاریم گویی از چیزی عقب ماندهایم. جامعه افراد را مجبور به اظهارنظر میکند و به همین دلیل است که انسانها چون درباره همه چیز صاحب باور و عقاید نیستند مجبور به حرف مفت زدن میشوند.
حرف مفت خطرناکتر از دروغ است چون دروغ تعهدی به صدق دارد اما حرف مفت تعهدی به صدق و کذب ندارد. افراد تسامح بیشتری به حرف مفت دارند و اگر دروغ بشنوند احساس توهین میکنند اما نسبت به حرف مفت چنین احساسی ندارند. در حالی که خسارت حرف مفت از دروغ بسیار بیشتر است.
http://www.ibna.ir/fa/doc/report/255747/چرا-حرف-مفت-این-قدر-می-فروشد
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آدمهایی که رویکرد شکاکیتگرایانه دارند امروز در جامعه بسیارند و فرهنگ ما اکنون بهگونهای شده که همه باید درباره همه چیز اظهار نظر کنیم و اگر درباره چیزی توئیت، هشتک و... نگذاریم گویی از چیزی عقب ماندهایم. جامعه افراد را مجبور به اظهارنظر میکند و به همین دلیل است که انسانها چون درباره همه چیز صاحب باور و عقاید نیستند مجبور به حرف مفت زدن میشوند.
حرف مفت خطرناکتر از دروغ است چون دروغ تعهدی به صدق دارد اما حرف مفت تعهدی به صدق و کذب ندارد. افراد تسامح بیشتری به حرف مفت دارند و اگر دروغ بشنوند احساس توهین میکنند اما نسبت به حرف مفت چنین احساسی ندارند. در حالی که خسارت حرف مفت از دروغ بسیار بیشتر است.
http://www.ibna.ir/fa/doc/report/255747/چرا-حرف-مفت-این-قدر-می-فروشد
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همیشه حرف های مفت فراوانی در اطراف ما وجود داشته است و هم اکنون نیز وجود دارد
بیست(سی) سال پیش یک فیلسوف دانشگاه ییل سخنانی ایراد کرد که علیرغم عنوان غیرمعمولش چندان مورد توجه قرار نگرفت، سخنرانی ای با عنوان «درباره حرف مفت» . سال گذشته این سخنرانی در قالب کتابی ۶۷ صفحه ای با همین نام انتشار یافت و اما این بار اقبال فراوانی به آن شد در رده یکی از پرفروش کتاب های فلسفی در دنیای انگلیسی زبان قرار گرفت و همچنان نیز پرفروش باقی مانده است و نویسنده ۷۵ ساله آن «هری فرانکفورت» - استاد فلسفه دانشگاه- در حد یک مرشد معنوی مورد استقبال قرار گرفته است. اما چرا چنین شد؟
تصاویر ناسازگاری وجود دارند که بعضی از مردم نمی توانند در برابر گیرایی آن مقاومت کنند. مثلاً دیدن راهبه ای که در جامه رسمی اش دارد می رقصد آنچنان که در فیلم «خواهر اکت» با نقش آفرینی ووپی گلدبرگ می بینیم.
ما به خاطر آن که چنین رخدادهایی به طور معمول رخ نمی دهند به سوی آنها جذب نمی شویم، بلکه آنها به این خاطر توجه ما را جلب می کنند، که «نباید رخ بدهند».
بنابر این هنگامی که یک استاد هفتاد و هشت ساله فلسفه کتابی منتشر کند با نام «درباره حرف مفت» و کتاب در عرض تنها چند ماه به چاپ دهم برسد، شاید نباید خیلی هم تعجب کنیم.
هری فرانکفورت استاد ممتاز بازنشسته دانشگاه پرینستون نویسنده کتاب می گوید: «مردم از تصور این که یک استاد دانشگاه های نخبه آمریکا از چنین زبانی استفاده کند کیف می کنند... نمی توانم بگویم که استقبال شدید از کتاب غافلگیرم نکرد... واقعاً شگفت زده شدم.»
فرانکفورت ۷۵ ساله حق دارد که شگفت زده باشد. هر چقدر هم که اکنون رفتارهای ما بچگانه و بی معنی باشد، خیلی بی معنی تر از بیست (سی) سال پیش نیست که این متن برای اولین بار برای ایراد به عنوان سخنرانی نوشته شد.
http://www.bashgah.net/fa/content/show/20469
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بیست(سی) سال پیش یک فیلسوف دانشگاه ییل سخنانی ایراد کرد که علیرغم عنوان غیرمعمولش چندان مورد توجه قرار نگرفت، سخنرانی ای با عنوان «درباره حرف مفت» . سال گذشته این سخنرانی در قالب کتابی ۶۷ صفحه ای با همین نام انتشار یافت و اما این بار اقبال فراوانی به آن شد در رده یکی از پرفروش کتاب های فلسفی در دنیای انگلیسی زبان قرار گرفت و همچنان نیز پرفروش باقی مانده است و نویسنده ۷۵ ساله آن «هری فرانکفورت» - استاد فلسفه دانشگاه- در حد یک مرشد معنوی مورد استقبال قرار گرفته است. اما چرا چنین شد؟
تصاویر ناسازگاری وجود دارند که بعضی از مردم نمی توانند در برابر گیرایی آن مقاومت کنند. مثلاً دیدن راهبه ای که در جامه رسمی اش دارد می رقصد آنچنان که در فیلم «خواهر اکت» با نقش آفرینی ووپی گلدبرگ می بینیم.
ما به خاطر آن که چنین رخدادهایی به طور معمول رخ نمی دهند به سوی آنها جذب نمی شویم، بلکه آنها به این خاطر توجه ما را جلب می کنند، که «نباید رخ بدهند».
بنابر این هنگامی که یک استاد هفتاد و هشت ساله فلسفه کتابی منتشر کند با نام «درباره حرف مفت» و کتاب در عرض تنها چند ماه به چاپ دهم برسد، شاید نباید خیلی هم تعجب کنیم.
هری فرانکفورت استاد ممتاز بازنشسته دانشگاه پرینستون نویسنده کتاب می گوید: «مردم از تصور این که یک استاد دانشگاه های نخبه آمریکا از چنین زبانی استفاده کند کیف می کنند... نمی توانم بگویم که استقبال شدید از کتاب غافلگیرم نکرد... واقعاً شگفت زده شدم.»
فرانکفورت ۷۵ ساله حق دارد که شگفت زده باشد. هر چقدر هم که اکنون رفتارهای ما بچگانه و بی معنی باشد، خیلی بی معنی تر از بیست (سی) سال پیش نیست که این متن برای اولین بار برای ایراد به عنوان سخنرانی نوشته شد.
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THERE WAS ALWAYS A LOT OF BULLSHIT AROUND.
THERE ALWAYS IS.
Twenty (thirty) years ago a Yale philosopher gave a little-noticed lecture on the improbable subject of bullshit. Now, republished as a 67-page pamphlet, it has become a publishing sensation and its author is being feted as a guru.
How did that happen?
There are some dissonant images that the public can't resist. Such as the sight of a nun breakdancing in her habit in the film Sister Act, or elderly rural women casually remarking on which locals "like a bit of cock" in Little Britain's village shop. Their incongruity holds a particular appeal. We like them not just because they don't happen but because they shouldn't happen and secretly we wish that they would.
So when a septuagenarian philosophy professor brings out a book called On Bullshit and it goes into its 10th reprint in just a few months, maybe we shouldn't be too surprised.
"People are delighted by the idea of an Ivy League professor using this kind of language," says Harry Frankfurt philosopher emeritus at Princeton University. "I can't say I'm surprised by the response it has got ... I'm amazed."
Frankfurt, 75, has a right to be. For however puerile we are now, we are presumably not a whole lot more so than when the essay was first written to be delivered at a lecture 20 years ago.
Back then Frankfurt was a fellow at the Whitney Humanity centre at Yale. One of the obligations that came with membership of the centre was to give a lecture every so often. Frankfurt gave one entitled "On Bullshit".
"I can't remember exactly what prompted it," says Frankfurt. "But there was always a lot of bullshit around. There always is."
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/may/12/internationaleducationnews.highereducation
THERE ALWAYS IS.
Twenty (thirty) years ago a Yale philosopher gave a little-noticed lecture on the improbable subject of bullshit. Now, republished as a 67-page pamphlet, it has become a publishing sensation and its author is being feted as a guru.
How did that happen?
There are some dissonant images that the public can't resist. Such as the sight of a nun breakdancing in her habit in the film Sister Act, or elderly rural women casually remarking on which locals "like a bit of cock" in Little Britain's village shop. Their incongruity holds a particular appeal. We like them not just because they don't happen but because they shouldn't happen and secretly we wish that they would.
So when a septuagenarian philosophy professor brings out a book called On Bullshit and it goes into its 10th reprint in just a few months, maybe we shouldn't be too surprised.
"People are delighted by the idea of an Ivy League professor using this kind of language," says Harry Frankfurt philosopher emeritus at Princeton University. "I can't say I'm surprised by the response it has got ... I'm amazed."
Frankfurt, 75, has a right to be. For however puerile we are now, we are presumably not a whole lot more so than when the essay was first written to be delivered at a lecture 20 years ago.
Back then Frankfurt was a fellow at the Whitney Humanity centre at Yale. One of the obligations that came with membership of the centre was to give a lecture every so often. Frankfurt gave one entitled "On Bullshit".
"I can't remember exactly what prompted it," says Frankfurt. "But there was always a lot of bullshit around. There always is."
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/may/12/internationaleducationnews.highereducation
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Gary Younge: the man who lectures on bullshit
Twenty years ago a Yale philosopher gave a little-noticed lecture on the improbable subject of bullshit. Now, republished as a 67-page pamphlet, it has become a publishing sensation and its author is being feted as a guru. How did that happen? Gary Younge…
BULLSHIT IS A GREATER ENEMY THAN LIES
From Trump’s phoney claims to the Brexit ‘£350m a week for the NHS’ promise, we have become mired in a sea of bogus truths. But what can we do about it?
Bullshit is having a moment. A spate of new books, including Newsnight presenter Evan Davis’s Post-Truth: Why We Have Reached Peak Bullshit and What We Can Do About It, Buzzfeed correspondent James Ball’s Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World, and political journalist Matthew d’Ancona’s Post Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back are all premised on the notion that we are in a new era.
What is that era? Thanks to – among other things – the democratizing effect of the internet, the resultant decline in deference to experts, rising scorn for the political establishment, the tendency of social media to lock us in our echo chambers where OUR ILL-FOUNDED OPINIONS ARE CONFIRMED RATHER THAN CHALLENGED, the blurring of fact and fiction online (a problem recognized in 1995 by the late journalist John Diamond who wrote: “The problem with the internet is everything is true”), we live in a post-truth era.
https://t.me/MkNotes/539
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/22/post-truth-era-trump-brexit-lies-book
From Trump’s phoney claims to the Brexit ‘£350m a week for the NHS’ promise, we have become mired in a sea of bogus truths. But what can we do about it?
Bullshit is having a moment. A spate of new books, including Newsnight presenter Evan Davis’s Post-Truth: Why We Have Reached Peak Bullshit and What We Can Do About It, Buzzfeed correspondent James Ball’s Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World, and political journalist Matthew d’Ancona’s Post Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back are all premised on the notion that we are in a new era.
What is that era? Thanks to – among other things – the democratizing effect of the internet, the resultant decline in deference to experts, rising scorn for the political establishment, the tendency of social media to lock us in our echo chambers where OUR ILL-FOUNDED OPINIONS ARE CONFIRMED RATHER THAN CHALLENGED, the blurring of fact and fiction online (a problem recognized in 1995 by the late journalist John Diamond who wrote: “The problem with the internet is everything is true”), we live in a post-truth era.
https://t.me/MkNotes/539
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/22/post-truth-era-trump-brexit-lies-book
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BULLSHIT IS A GREATER ENEMY THAN LIES
From Trump’s phoney claims to the Brexit ‘£350m a week for the NHS’ promise, we have become mired in a sea of bogus truths. But what can we do about it?
Bullshit is having a moment. A spate of new books, including Newsnight…
From Trump’s phoney claims to the Brexit ‘£350m a week for the NHS’ promise, we have become mired in a sea of bogus truths. But what can we do about it?
Bullshit is having a moment. A spate of new books, including Newsnight…
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, 'When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah'.
The teacher asked, 'What if Jonah went to hell?'
The little girl replied, 'Then you ask him'
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, 'When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah'.
The teacher asked, 'What if Jonah went to hell?'
The little girl replied, 'Then you ask him'