Is it really a lie when the person making an outrageous statement doesn’t actually care if it’s the truth or not? It’s such a common situation that statements somewhere outside of lies and truth have gotten not only their own name, which I’ll abbreviate “BS”, but they are spawning a line of academic thought and papers. It’s a big part of our culture and our politics, but what can we do about it?
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 