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Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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Post by jbooth »

nhebb wrote: post #46
kitsune_ wrote: post #37

President's Obama's AMA answers score 0.21 (Your text shows some indications of 'bullshit'-English, but is still within an acceptable range.)

I tried that too, along with Paul Ryan's speech (which got 0.14 - Your text shows only a few indications of 'bullshit'). Then, I tried the copy on my landing page and got a 0.25. It's shameful to realize that I'm a bigger bullshitter than two politicians.

If you brazenly lie using strong phrases without any weasel words, it'll come across as not being 'bullshit' grammatically. I don't think the software has a fact checker.

Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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Post by icegreentea »

slashcom wrote: post #65
icegreentea wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is that simple. Looks like they assign a BS level to words, and then take some sort of average bullshit level amongst all words. Word order doesn't matter as slashcom says. For example, if you take the score from the Oracle Pricing blurb posted by BitMistro, and change 'strategies' to 'goals', you drop down to 0.8 or so. If you add an extra random 'strategy' somewhere, it bumps up to 1.4 or something. I actually s…

It should also be noted that on about 400 short texts (~300 words each), it did not correlate with the Flesh-Kinaid readability measure at all. So it's not measuring something like average word length or syllable counts. But it's not QUITE a true lexicon, as it handles Out-Of-Vocabulary words quite strangely. If you use as input text: "PR-Experts, politicians, ad writers or scientists need to be strong here! BlaBlaMe…

As yes, you're right. If you insert random 'izations' into your text, your BS meter goes up as well. It also has a hardon for 'activity'.

Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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Post by shardling »

Nice, the abstract to my thesis gets a 0.5[1]

The actual content parts hover around 0.16 (although I only tried segments without any equations). It makes me wonder what sort of results you'd get if you plotted this BS metric vs. page in a full length book.

  1. "You probably want to sell something, or you're trying to 
     impress somebody.  It still may be an acceptable result
     for a scientific text."

Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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Post by hobbes »

derrida wrote: post #16

Derrida, Chapter 2 'Of Grammatology' >Bullshit Index :0.26 Your text shows some indications of 'bullshit' some indications ... I'd say this thing is broken.

I agree.

I tried some Hegel, who scored 0.18. Clearly broken.

Schopenhauer got it right, where BlaBlaMeter gets it wrong:

"If I were to say that the so-called philosophy of this fellow Hegel is a colossal piece of mystification which will yet provide posterity with an inexhaustible theme for laughter at our times, that it is a pseudo-philosophy paralyzing all mental powers, stifling all real thinking, and, by the most outrageous misuse of language, putting in its place the hollowest, most senseless, thoughtless, and, as is confirmed by its success, most stupefying verbiage, I should be quite right. Further, if I were to say that this summus philosophus ... scribbled nonsense quite unlike any mortal before him, so that whoever could read his most eulogized work, the so-called Phenomenology of the Mind, without feeling as if he were in a madhouse, would qualify as an inmate for Bedlam, I should be no less right."

Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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Post by [deleted] »

shardling wrote: post #69
derrida wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm just pointing out it is broken. Finnegan's Wake, Chapter 2, Book 1. > Bullshit Index :0.11 Your text shows only a few indications of 'bullshit'-English. definitely broken Or perhaps it's a feature and it can pick out philosophical / artistic 'bullshit' from PR 'bullshit'. Quote for people not familiar with 'Finnegan's Wake' > And aroud the lawn the rann it rann and this is the rann that Hosty made. Spoken. Boyles…

You have a weird definition of 'bullshit' if you think that counts. Anyway, I'd assume it's looking for certain 'filler' words and phrases that get used a lot when writing BS.

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Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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Post by raesene2 »

I wonder if it's possible to get it to higher than 0.5. I just tried it with some patent gibberish and it only made that score. --

"This project is a blue sky implementation of a cloud based virtual paradigm which really shifts the boundries of our connected world.

Using patent pending technology to accelerate your business, we use full-stack web-scale systems built on noSQL databases to drive clicks.

And your security is safe with us. We use military grade encryption to protect all your data at rest."

Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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Post by derrida »

shardling wrote: post #69
derrida wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm just pointing out it is broken. Finnegan's Wake, Chapter 2, Book 1. > Bullshit Index :0.11 Your text shows only a few indications of 'bullshit'-English. definitely broken Or perhaps it's a feature and it can pick out philosophical / artistic 'bullshit' from PR 'bullshit'. Quote for people not familiar with 'Finnegan's Wake' > And aroud the lawn the rann it rann and this is the rann that Hosty made. Spoken. Boyles…

You have a weird definition of 'bullshit' if you think that counts. Anyway, I'd assume it's looking for certain 'filler' words and phrases that get used a lot when writing BS.

"Bullshit" is a word I'd use to describe Finnegan's Wake, but it certainly is valuable & extremely beautiful bullshit.

Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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Post by ChuckMcM »

raesene2 wrote: post #78

I wonder if it's possible to get it to higher than 0.5. I just tried it with some patent gibberish and it only made that score. -- "This project is a blue sky implementation of a cloud based virtual paradigm which really shifts the boundries of our connected world. Using patent pending technology to accelerate your business, we use full-stack web-scale systems built on noSQL databases to drive clicks. And your securi…

Top story 'Amit on Grids' as I write this scored a .69 on the first paragraph.
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