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Bullshitology explores the psychology of why we mislead and are misled. Blending cognitive science, skepticism, and snark to reveal our intellectual blind spots and help recalibrate our ability to reason.

Newsletter · By Shane Littrell, PhD · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    Behind the Bullshit Machine: How LinkedIn, “Cataphoric Teasers,” and Dolly Parton explain the AI Slop-ocalypse (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Aug 7, 2026

    How BSing Is Like A Bad Toupée (Redux) (opens the original)

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    If you’ve spent more time online recently than you’d care to admit, your newsfeed was no doubt flooded by a tidal wave of stories about academic and professional plagiarism, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to repost an article that I wrote last year about how and why our “Bullshitter Detection Skills” can fail us. Many of you may not have seen it because I only had about 200 followers back when it was originally posted. So, I hope you enjoy this slightly updated article and find it inf

  3. Issue · Jul 15, 2026

    The Science of Thinking: Beliefs, Biases, and BS (opens the original)

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    Despite the technical difficulties affecting the video quality (these things happen sometimes), and I pushed through and wound up having a productive chat about how people think and reason. Full video is above for anyone who wasn’t able to join us live. For anyone who has been kind enough to show your support over the past few months by donating to my caffeine fund, my caffeine of choice today was sugar free Ghost Energy Drink - Sour Apple flavor.I know Ana still wants to do a deep dive on motiv

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