{"id":9190,"date":"2025-04-21T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/781454160334848000-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:17:02","slug":"781454160334848000-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/781454160334848000-2\/","title":{"rendered":"781454160334848000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https:\/\/donotdestroy.tumblr.com\/post\/771304389395742720\/why-people-fall-for-bullshit-according-to-a\">donotdestroy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/science-and-health\/2015\/12\/3\/9844480\/why-people-believe-bullshit-science\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/science-and-health\/2015\/12\/3\/9844480\/why-people-believe-bullshit-science\",\"title\":\"Why people fall for bullshit, according to a scientist\",\"description\":\"Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all\",\"site_name\":\"Vox\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"6c5d487defc9e4ac465ed7855dbc39d0:df4b5b03b4fc3921-11\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":627}]}'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/science-and-health\/2015\/12\/3\/9844480\/why-people-believe-bullshit-science\" target=\"_blank\">Why people fall for bullshit, according to a scientist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe difference between bullshit and lying is that bullshit is constructed without any concern for the truth. It\u2019s designed to impress rather than inform. 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