Much Better Looking than the Princeton Professor . . .
yes, that is right we are giddy with delight over finding more scholarship on the matter of BULLSHIT.
This time a Canadian, Laura Penny, adds her take on the pervasiveness of the (my words) toxic and alarming amount of bullshit we are drowning in these days.
"Life in North America is at the intersection of too much information and too little information. For instance, there is far too much information about trivial things - the dominant news item about Africa recently has been Angelina Jolie's visit. We are inundated with news of dubious value."
http://www.abebooks.com/docs/authors-corner/laura-penny.shtml
And even if I have not had the pleasure of reading the book yet, that quote tells me she is definitely on the right track.
Dubious Value, indeed!
I'd say it a little more pointedly -- too much bullshit about nothing but bullshit!
I repeat my often repeated desparing (and not original, I am certain) belief:
There has to be more intelligent life than Hu-mans in the universe. Afterall, despite the brilliant (and woefully rare) exceptions, collectively, Hu-mans are no smarter than a bucket of hair!
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