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Thank you for introducing me to the new meaning of "know intuitively". This is Mike Johnson's term for believing what you want to believe, regardless of factual information.

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kinda like alternate facts?

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It has a certain truthiness to it, he would say.

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We call that тАЬextra-legalтАЭ.

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When Mike Johnson leaves Congress, perhaps there's a job waiting at California Psychics.

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Exactly.

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The precise term is ЁЭШгЁЭШ╢ЁЭШнЁЭШнЁЭШ┤ЁЭШйЁЭШкЁЭШ╡, something said without any concern for whether it is true. Ethically, it's worse than a lie. At least a liar knows what's true but is trying to conceal it. A bullshiter doesn't eve care. See H. Frankfort, ЁЭШЦЁЭШп ЁЭШЙЁЭШ╢ЁЭШнЁЭШнЁЭШ┤ЁЭШйЁЭШкЁЭШ╡ (2005).

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And pretty sure motivated reasoning is involved

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