Across
- 4. numbers or data are used to intimidate rather than inform QUANTITATIVEBULLSHIT
- 5. who defined bullshit as speech made without concern for truth FRANKFURT
- 9. who introduced the "black box" metaphor in science LATOUR
- 11. credited this stimulant for helping him give a confident lecture COCAINE
Down
- 1. that exaggerates competence or authority to impress PERSUASIVE
- 2. or excessive detail added to bolster a lie SUPERFLUOUS
- 3. who described academic nonsense as "unclarifiable unclarity" COHEN
- 6. of bullshit that avoids giving a direct answer EVASIVE
- 7. process that makes claims opaque to outsiders BLACKBOX
- 8. or statistical version of persuasive bullshit QUANTITATIVE
- 10. ornate language or superfluous detail used to impress RHETORICALFLAIR