> Practically speaking my colleagues are all very smart (academics, PhDs all over the place) and should be able to detect bullshit bingo. Who says they didn’t

> Practically speaking my colleagues are all very smart (academics, PhDs all over the place) and should be able to detect bullshit bingo. Who says they didn’t detect it? Welcoming, diversity, strategic, collaboration - these are religious tenets that are not allowed to be questioned in any professional context. Much more likely to have been an “emperor has no clothes” situation.