&gt; If to lie is to murder truth, to bullshit is to manslaughter it.<p>I believe &quot;manslaughter&quot; and &quot;murder&quot; should be switched around here.<p>IIRC, Harry Frankfurt argued that bullshit was <i>worse</i> than lies, since it corroded this simple but for-society-to-function-in-the-long-run incredibly important distinction (or aspiration).