Bullshitting is characterized by sharing information with little to no regard for truth, established knowledge, or genuine evidence. It involves the use of various rhetorical strategies to make one's statements sound knowledgeable, impressive, persuasive, influential, or confusing in order to aid bullshitters in explaining things in areas where their obligations to provide opinions exceed their actual knowledge in those domains. Distinct from gullibility (i.e., a propensity to accept a false premise in the presence of untrustworthiness cues), we highlight the research on bullibility (i.e., believing bullshit even in the face of social cues that signal something is bullshit) and its links to erroneous judgments and decisions. A deeper understanding of bullibility is critical to identifying and correcting poor decision-making.

胡说八道的特点是分享信息，几乎不考虑真相、既定知识或真实证据。它涉及使用各种修辞策略，使一个人的陈述听起来知识渊博、令人印象深刻、有说服力、有影响力或令人困惑，以帮助胡言乱语者解释他们提供意见的义务超出了他们在这些领域的实际知识的领域的事情。与轻信（即在存在不可信线索的情况下倾向于接受错误前提）不同，我们重点研究了对轻信的研究（即，即使面对表明某件事是废话的社会线索，也相信废话）及其与错误的联系判断和决定。更深入地了解可信性对于识别和纠正错误的决策至关重要。