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Research shows that people who BS are more likely to fall for BS | Waterloo News (uwaterloo.ca)
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[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Well sure, the BSers are insecure and deep down believe that other people are more impressive than them, so they believe others' BS. That's why they feel the need to BS in order to stack up. If they were secure with themselves then they would notice that other BSers are, well, BSing.