The famous book “On Bullshit” of the American philosopher Harry Frankfurt has now been extended. Frankfurt originally described the relationship of spoken words and truth as being completely independent.
As I learned now, Jim Holt’s “When Einstein Walked with Gödel” now updated the “On Bullshit” chapter on the administration of president George W. Bush with a depressing reference to Donald Trump.
9/6/20
The ultimate reference, however, will be coming August 4th, 2020: Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World, by Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West.