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by FabHK 2865 days ago
Bullshit-sensitivity = ability to distinguish bullshit sentences from genuinely profound sentences

Bullshit-receptivity = tendency to perceive bullshit sentences as meaningful

So, BS-S is not BS-R, thus there is no contradiction. Mate, the guys wrote a paper about it, they're not going to have the abstract contradict the title.

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Thank you. That receptive and sensitive were used as opposites not synonyms is exactly what I missed.