Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior
by muzani on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:13PM
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That's the funny thing with bullshit isn't it? You can give a meaningless statement and people will just attach a meaning to it if it clicks.
Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior
by twic on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:52PM
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Oh, i thought it was about parallax.
Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior
by hesk on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @06:25PM
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Aren't all observations subjective, hence not universal?
Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior
by drb91 on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:11PM
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Observations are inherently a posteriori, not a priori, this is true. However, "universal observation" is not the same as "objective" or "a priori". I'd call the experience of suffering a type of universal observation, but it's not an a priori statement, and it's certainly not objectively evaluable.
That said, the phrase remains mostly meaningless without more context; I'm certainly not trying to defend the phrase itself.
I interpreted this one as referencing doppler shift of light emitted by celestial objects due to relative motion, but apparently I was overthinking this.