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The B.S. Factor Paperback - 1974

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  • Title The B.S. Factor
  • Author Arthur Herzog
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 218
  • Language EN
  • Publisher Penguin (Non-Classics), New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date May 30, 1974
  • ISBN 9780140038231
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The B.S. Factor: The Theory and Practice of Faking it in America

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The B.S. Factor: The Theory and Practice of Faking it in America by Arthur Herzog

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1974
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Fakery and hypocrisy in American communications are the subjects of this outspoken and hilarious book. Uncovering our thought-pollution problem for perhaps the first time, Arthur Herzog exposes Executalk ("name of the game" for "point" or "purpose," "ball-park estimate" for "rough guess"), Quote Facts (opinions made to seem like facts by virtue of being quoted), and Complex Complex (the compulsion to make things more complicated than they need to be), to mention only a few of the current crimes against logic and language. The perpetrators of these atrocities include Fadthinkers, Word Mincers, Sci-Speakers, Copy Cant-ers, and Anything Authorities, those who, having succeeded in one field, appear on TV talk shows as experts on everything else. Without the B.S. Factor, success in America is almost impossible, says… Read More
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Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1974. Reprint. Paperback. 4x7". VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid; Black titles on white paper covers... ; 218pg pages; Herzog exposes Executalk ("name of the game" for "point" or "purpose," "ball-park estimate" for "rough guess"), Quote Facts (opinions made to seem like facts by virtue of being quoted), and Complex Complex (the compulsion to make things more complicated than they need to be), to mention only a few of the current crimes against logic and language. .
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