One way forward may be to explore whether there is a way to discover CI snd then maintain it in a group. E.g. Choose a topic and a text to discuss that topic. Invite people to self select to join the group. Facilitate the readings and discussions to see whether a CI space arises. Experiment with adjacent topics and texts to see if the group maintains a CI space for individuals to make borderline aggravating statements.
“I don’t know about you, but I treat this as an important but distinct phenomenon related to, but not the same as, bullshit.”
Agreed! Bullshit is distinct from this phenomenon, though often found in bed with it.
When I was a young scamp, we called the kind of bullshit that got us into places we shouldn’t be “blagging”
Blagging was good (for us). It was probably bullshit to the people running the places we weren’t supposed to be.
One way forward may be to explore whether there is a way to discover CI snd then maintain it in a group. E.g. Choose a topic and a text to discuss that topic. Invite people to self select to join the group. Facilitate the readings and discussions to see whether a CI space arises. Experiment with adjacent topics and texts to see if the group maintains a CI space for individuals to make borderline aggravating statements.