Chair and 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.