I think the canonical response to this comes from Harry Frankfurt: """ Both lies and bullshit can either be true or false but bullshitters aim primarily to imp

I think the canonical response to this comes from Harry Frankfurt: """ Both lies and bullshit can either be true or false but bullshitters aim primarily to impress and persuade their audiences, and in general are unconcerned with the truth or falsehood of their statements (it is because of this that Frankfurt concedes that "the bullshitter is faking things", but that "this does not necessarily mean he gets them wrong"). While liars need to know the truth to better conceal it, bullshitters, interested solely in advancing their own agendas, have no use for the truth. Thus, Frankfurt claims, "...bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are" (Frankfurt 61). """ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit