Comments on: How to tell if someone is bullshitting http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/11/19/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-bullshitting/ Stay curious! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Giuseppe Maxia http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/11/19/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-bullshitting/#comment-17375 Giuseppe Maxia Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:33:12 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1444#comment-17375 These links could also help: http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/53-how-to-detect-bullshit/ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/rheingold/detail?entry_id=42805 These links could also help:

http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/53-how-to-detect-bullshit/
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/rheingold/detail?entry_id=42805

]]> By: Xaprb http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/11/19/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-bullshitting/#comment-17359 Xaprb Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:00:06 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1444#comment-17359 VadimTk, your comment had so much BS that Akismet spammed it ;-) VadimTk, your comment had so much BS that Akismet spammed it ;-)

]]> By: William http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/11/19/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-bullshitting/#comment-17332 William Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:20:25 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1444#comment-17332 I'm sure sometimes people think I'm BSing. Its really just my slow memory, messing me up. Typical conversation with me: Other person: blah, blah yaddda {hot new feature} Me: [Hot new feature]! Hmmm... but would that be ... I guess it could .... I remember having a problem with [hot new feature] .. Something about having too much fiber in my diet.. No, that's not right. Maybe if you used [hot new feature] in [the most common way its talked about] that would bypass the fiber limitation I was having. I guess. I can't remember now. But it was something. Me @ 2 am the next morning: Oh yeah, I was using [hot new feature] with [unstable build of component X] because [stable build of component X] had a bug with [stable build of component Y]. Nothing at all to do with fiber. What was I thinking? I’m sure sometimes people think I’m BSing. Its really just my slow memory, messing me up.
Typical conversation with me:

Other person: blah, blah yaddda {hot new feature}

Me: [Hot new feature]! Hmmm… but would that be … I guess it could …. I remember having a problem with [hot new feature] .. Something about having too much fiber in my diet.. No, that’s not right. Maybe if you used [hot new feature] in [the most common way its talked about] that would bypass the fiber limitation I was having. I guess. I can’t remember now. But it was something.

Me @ 2 am the next morning: Oh yeah, I was using [hot new feature] with [unstable build of component X] because [stable build of component X] had a bug with [stable build of component Y]. Nothing at all to do with fiber. What was I thinking?

]]> By: Chris http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/11/19/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-bullshitting/#comment-17316 Chris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:41 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1444#comment-17316 an additional comment to Mike Hillyer... Gotta also work in: Low hanging fruit. and coming full circle an additional comment to Mike Hillyer…

Gotta also work in:

Low hanging fruit.
and
coming full circle

]]> By: Jonas http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/11/19/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-bullshitting/#comment-17315 Jonas Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:54:57 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1444#comment-17315 i wish anonymous commenting was allowed :-) i wish anonymous commenting was allowed :-)

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