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Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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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 mos…

That snippet scores 0.26

Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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You're just bitter that that era of philosopher in general used an artificially complicated writing style, complete with invented terminology, that borders bullshit :)

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…

Man, that is so much better if you read it aloud.

Re: BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 mos…

That snippet scores 0.26

I copied that text into the meter, got the .26 you saw. I then listened in to a conversation at the cube next to mine and wrote that in. "Using software as a service we can replicate and evergreen in the cloud." One simple sentence jumped it to a .35.
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