Nice article on "On Bullshit"
Here's by far the nicest article on the little 20-year-old essay that became a big best-seller.
"There are some dissonant images that the public can't resist. Such as the sight of a nun breakdancing in her habit in the film Sister Act, or elderly rural women casually remarking on which locals 'like a bit of cock' in Little Britain's village shop. Their incongruity holds a particular appeal. We like them not just because they don't happen but because they shouldn't happen and secretly we wish that they would. So when a septuagenarian philosophy professor brings out a book called On Bullshit and it goes into its 10th reprint in just a few months, maybe we shouldn't be too surprised." Read on. I remember seeing it in a bookstore before all the brouhaha about it and picking it up, and immediately starting to read it. It's the title that makes it so irresistible.
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