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Uncertainty, fear and Bullshitting

Uncertainty, fear and Bullshitting

Piloting a new app

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David Loewen
Oct 06, 2022
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Prototypes for Anti-Bullshit Apps

There is a direct connection between uncertainty, fear, and bullshitting.

Bullshitting has more to do with how people and organizations communicate, not what.

Bullshitting is not the same as lying.

Social psychologist John Petrocelli (in a 2018 peer-reviewed paper1) pointed out that developing an understanding bullshitting m…

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