Tuesday, February 2, 2010
"A Kind Word for Bullshit" was easier to read comparing to "On bullshit". I would say pleasant, coherent and lively due to many examples used in the text. Eubanks and Schaeffer make an appropriate and concise definition of Bullshit: "Bullshit is disconnected from the truth in a way that lying never is (p. 375). Both agree that they perpetuate academic bullshit and they think that some are unavoidable and beneficial (p. 372). I cannot come to the conclusion, how can it be beneficial?
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I agree with that it is hard to see the benifit of bullshit is. But i think that it also fair to say that we have all had that asingment where we where asked to write x number of pages and had to just ramble on to get their. This might be a way that bullshit has helped you or myself. While it has helped me to complete mindless task i feel like it is more of a negitive thing because if you are good enough at bullshiting you can skate by with out actually learning anything.
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