> I'm still not sure what the distinction between lying and bullshitting is. Logically there isn't one. The difference is in context and motivation. When I w

> I'm still not sure what the distinction between lying and bullshitting is. Logically there isn't one. The difference is in context and motivation. When I was a kid I had a problem with bullshitting, like when I told my friends that my dad owned a helicopter. I wasn't trying to scam them, I just wanted to be accepted and seem cool. But I got over it as soon as my brain was able to notice what a stupid thing it was to do. "You don't gotta lie to hang out." FWIW, it seems to em like this study is just showing that stupid people are stupid. It's arrested development to be a bullshitter after, say, 12 or so, surely?