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Marianna B. Ganapini Profile picture
Marianna B. Ganapini
@MariannaBergama
Visiting Scholar at Phil NYU, associate professor at Union College. Works on epistemology, philosophy of mind. Ethics and Epistemology of AI
Apr 13, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
🚨 very excited for this new paper accepted on Mind & Language

Title: "The Signaling Function of Sharing Fake Stories"

Why do people share or publicly engage with fake stories? (thread below) Two possible answers come to mind: (1) people are deeply irrational and believe these absurd stories to be true; or (2) they want to deceive/bullshit their audience. Both answers presuppose the idea that people put the stories forward as true.