One thing that the internet has taught me is that the human gullibility runs on unlimited fuel. I spend quite some time every day gathering information from various sources. One thing that I soon got to realize was that there is enough baloney out there to render a human mind useless.
In order to maintain the will to keep login-in and browsing the unfathomably clusterfucked web, I had to develop a good filter for distinguishing what was good information and what was trash.
People are in more and more desperate need to be heard. This is the first realisation a level headed individual can make upon reading something online. In a form of desperation (and perhaps necessity) most people try to create arguments that are overblown and sensationalised. Instead of getting right to the point of what they want to say, they try to fiddle around with the reader’s emotions as if they are going to get laid.
Many writers are very well aware that the human mind is especially susceptible to bullshit and so they try to take advantage. Other authors are simply too far deep the conformity rabbit hole. They are repeating the same crap as others have taught them because they don’t know any better.
Very few writers remain bullshit free due to the laws of demand and supply. People line up for comfortable lies rather than harsh truths. After all, who really wants to deal with reality in a world powered by hypocrisy and pretentiousness?
“Truth is Love. The unconscious tunnels our deepest desires into a path of fulfillment. Our destiny can tear the fabric of space, allowing consciousness to give rise to cosmic positivity”.
^ See that? Sounds pretty legit right? Ignore the fact that you have no idea what it means. You can “feel” its right. Something in your mind makes sense when you read it. So many beautiful words weaved together so you can allow yourself to have a pleasantly rewarding brainfuck.
[ If you want to entertain yourself further then check out this automatic bullshit generator ]
The aforementioned example is just one of many. Usually we see this “hopeful” and “positive” vibe in everything around us. Readers for example act much like junkies. Most wage-slave all day in pretty dull and soul crushing jobs.
The bullshitologists are opportunists that sell positivity in a world that is way too realistic. People desperately seek for positivity sedatives until they numb themselves to sleep.
Often it is extremely hard to tell the bullshitologists apart. They use scientific references and publications to frame their arguments. They use appeal to authority so they can have a solid reputation. They even use past selective experiences in order to appear credible.
Perhaps the most obvious of all is that they dress up their arguments in fancy words. For example they won’t say that “X thing sucks”. They would rather say “X has questionable qualities that might not be pleasant to the average person”.
Does the article appeal to everything we agree with? Does the person sound awfully nice? Does he try to please everybody by overgeneralising everything to oblivion? Then in all likelihood you have allowed yourself to get caught into the bullshitologist's numbing web.
Lastly, in order to spot a bullshitologist we have to first be honest with our own selves. Are we bullshitologists ourselves? Do we like to please others for the sake of being accepted? Are we enabling a bullshit culture so we can have a place to belong? If so, then we are getting back exactly what we deserve.
