Age 76
Mustworthiness Retired Princeton prof Frankfurt's slim philisophical tract theorizes that bullshitters — those who don't care whether what they say is true or false — are more dangerous than liars. What isn't BS is the book's surprise success: It hit No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list June 5.
Dirty Old Man? ''There's a certain titillation in the spectacle of an Ivy League professor using this kind of language.''
For Better or Curse ''People are increasingly put in positions where they have to talk past the point of knowing what they're talking about. They have no choice but to start spouting bullshit.''
His BS Detector ''I may be so sensitive to it that I identify speech as bullshit even when it isn't.''
Next A sequel. ''Something about the love of truth and the importance of truth. I haven't gotten very far.''
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