NOTE TO SLACKERS: NOW YOU CAN GET A DEGREE IN “BULLSHIT”

Princeton, N.J…. March.27…”Bullshit studies” have become the newest rage in university philosophy departments.

A new textbook, Bullshit and Philosophy, by L. Hardcastle and George A. Resich, in which eminent thinkers “respond to bullshit” is the hottest item in campus bookstores.

Inspired by the best seller On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton, many scholars have turned their attention to what they believe to be a neglected aspect of modern life.

“Frankfurt argues that bullshit is a dominant feature of our culture,” says Professor Artoro Fecale, of the University of Bologna, “but we have no coherent theory, no clear understanding of what bullshit is. Bullshit studies attempts to systemize the analysis of bullshit so that we can recognize it in front of our faces, sniff it out as it were.”

According to Frankfurt, bullshit is not outright lying, but rather an attempt by the bullshitters to “convey a certain impression of themselves” whether it is true or not. Frankfurt believes that “liars at least acknowledge what is true,” but bullshitters consider truth to be irrelevant, which makes bullshitters “a greater enemy of the truth” than liars.

“As you have seen in your Presidential campaign someone who starts out as a bullshit artist can turn into a pathological liar,” Fecale says.

Meanwhile, the study of bullshit has led to the creation of a new philosophical discipline—Mindfucking.

The London Times Literary Supplement reports that Colin McGinn, Professor of Philosophy at Miami University, author The Making of a Philosopher discovered the concept when a student told him his lecture was a “mindfuck.”

In his new book, Mindfucking“ McGinn says, “I knew instantly what was meant. I was, we might say, mindfucked by the word “mindfucked.”

After reading On Bullshit McGinn became convinced that mindfucking “was a concept of the future.”

Miami U, which was the first college to offer, “underwater basket weaving” as an elective is poised to certify a major in Bullshitting with a minor in Mindfucking for the class of 2012.

Because of it title, Mindfucking is not receiving wide distribution in bookstores. An attempt to order it from Amazon.com received the following advisory:

“Customers who bought this item also bought The Baby Jesus Butt Plug, The Menstruating Mall, War Slut and The Haunted Vagina.