Every year England has a "World's Biggest Liar" competition. Participants are required to come up with a story on the spot and make it as believable as they can. While it sounds like a terrible competition, it mostly comes down to who can tell the best story. The winner is not a sneaky, weasel-faced, scumbag. Instead it was a nice pleasant old man, who simply told a great story enthusiastically with great charisma. This made me rethink "On Bullshit." In class, we agreed that lying and bullshitting are not the same, nor are they mutually exclusive. I mean here there is a lying competition that is simply who can make the best story. Is it testing your ability to bullshit? In that case, are all authors just really good bullshitters?
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