You may be interested in the concept of "Lizardman's Constant" [0], the idea that for statistical purposes, it is not worth trying to separate out people who ge

You may be interested in the concept of "Lizardman's Constant" [0], the idea that for statistical purposes, it is not worth trying to separate out people who genuinely believe in lizard people from people who are dog-whistling, stupid, misled, or enacting Poe's Law. You may also be interested in Poe's Law [1], come to think of it. For everyday Bayesian purposes, it is very useful to simply know as a prior that there is roughly a 1-in-25 chance that you are being bullshitted. [0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and-reptilian-muslim-climatologists-from-mars/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law