Thursday, June 22, 2017

Bullshit Studies As An Academic Discipline

A longread report on "Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data," a full course taught by two data scientists at the University of Washington who believe that teaching bullshit detection is one of the main purposes of education - and crucial for a healthy democracy. (Be sure to look out for Brandolini's Bullshit Asymmetry Principle.)



Article source here:Arts Journal

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