(this article was intially written in French, La société du bullshit) In 1986, the philosopher Harry Frankfurt defined the concept of “bullshit” by giving it a very precise meaning, sometimes translated into French as “baratin“, for “smooth talk” or “flannel”. A bullshitter is not a liar (who is aware of deceiving), he is just totally indifferent to the truth, which makes him almost even more dangerous (“bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are“). Bullshitters have an opinion about anything and … <a …