[notbob]

> The authors only claim...

Bullshit!

The authors wrote an article entitled "Bullshitters: Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives?"

That's the title of the piece. Not "some possibly generalizable observations about the behavior of 15 year olds"

Sure, the paper's contents contain the massive CAVEAT EMPTORs, but that's exactly how bullshit works in academic writing.

Bold titles, sweeping statements in introductions and conclusions. But enough profuse caveats sprinkled around that you can always say to anyone who takes a closer look "no see I mentioned exactly what I meant on page N"...