Why did people turn into bullshit generators in the last 2 years?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/...

I mean it feels people with medium to high education levels are starting to speak in non-specific manner and use too much fiction and metaphors, which I call bullshit.

They don't even add their experience or even mention other people experiences. They don't use science. Most of their talks seem very emotional.

What the heck is happening?

Why are people willing to output non-rational bullshit to fill space, instead of talking with logic, reason and relevance?

And why now? What change caused this?

bitteroldcoot 8 points 2 days ago

Because you are probably talking to an ai.

or a person who get all there answers from an ai.

AKA: An AI meat proxy.

https://futurism.com/...

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notabot 7 points 2 days ago

The irony of your post is that you complain that people are "starting to speak in non-specific manner and use too much fiction and metaphors" whilst, yourself, not being specific about what you're referring to, and using metaphors (referring to non bovine excrement as "bullshit"). If this was some sort of meta post, I take my hat off to you, otherwise, could you give examples?

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Sergio 4 points 2 days ago

It's possible that OP subscribes to philosopher Harry Frankfurt's Theory of Bullshit, and/or that OP considers themselves a person with a low education level.

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CombatWombat 5 points 2 days ago

The chief problem with bots on the internet is that eventually the humans succumb to peer pressure and become bots as well. The chief problem with acting like a bot online is your online behavior seeps into your irl behavior. Et voila! we have bots in real life.

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GonzoAtBarstow 2 points 2 days ago

You're right to push back

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Hermit_Lailoken 1 point 16 hours ago

This isn't new.

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Maeve 1 point 2 days ago

Because if everyone told the truth in a straightforward manner, no one would go along with whatever people expect to be "the natural order" of things. Of course what "natural order" means is group or individual specific.

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beep 2 points 2 days ago

Can you explain what do you mean exactly?

I am asking because I don't think I understand your opinion here.

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Maeve 3 points 2 days ago

If I am a leader of a state and say I want to invade another state to pillage their resources, some people would object. Maybe not the majority, but enough to cause political problems. If I start media campaigns that women or children are being oppressed, or that that state plans to invade us or an ally, it engages an amygdala response, rather than a prefrontal cortex response, and visceral emotions will almost certainly carry the response from the majority, even if we oppress our own women and children, or plan to invade a state for their resources, anyway.

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TrackenDaKracken 1 point 2 days ago

This feels right.

Do you have any examples?

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