Bullshitters: Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives? [pdf]
If you&#x27;ve never experienced it before, the first time you work with someone who is a pathological liar and bullshitter is a completely disorienting experience.  Normal people just don&#x27;t lie that brazenly and with so little remorse - so you walk out of meetings wondering if perhaps you just misunderstood because there&#x27;s no way someone would straight up lie that way.<p>Interestingly, both of the worst bullshitters I&#x27;ve ever met were in academia - and the business world has been a breath of fresh air in comparison.  When I used to work in computational biology, I met several senior professors who lead big labs who had absolutely no understanding of any of the methods used by the grad students in their group.