Brandolini’s Bullshit Asymmetry Principle: The amount of energy needed to
refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
In
Essence of Bullshit
, Frankfurt posits
that the essence of bullshit is lack of concern for the truth, which may explain
why bullshit is easier to produce.
Jonathan Swift: Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it; so that
when Men come to be undeceiv’d, it is too late; the Jest is over, and the Tale
has had its Effect…
In Essence of Bullshit , Frankfurt posits that the essence of bullshit is lack of concern for the truth, which may explain why bullshit is easier to produce.