On Bullshit

"Both in lying and in telling the truth people are guided by their beliefs concerning the way things are. These guide them as they endeavor either to describe the world correctly or to describe it deceitfully. For this reason, telling lies does not tend to unfit a person for telling the truth in the same way that bullshitting tends to. ...The bullshitter ignores these demands altogether. He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are."
-Harry G. Frankfurt, On Bullshit



I am thinking about taking a real vacation this summer. I have some ideas about where to go, but I'm still mulling them over. When I have something less vague, I'll post details.