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I wasn't sure of the utility of this until I came across this sentence:

> I am passionate about problems that do the norm.

How can something so nonsensical contain so much meaning...

Pennycook et al. (2015) On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit. https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~baron/journal/15/15923a/jdm15923a...

I wonder if there are any good pseudo-profound bullshit generators.

This one "thematic on New Age", is not at all shabby, IMHO:

http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/

Example snippet:

>The complexity of the present time seems to demand an evolving of our souls if we are going to survive. Without karma, one cannot heal. You may be ruled by stagnation without realizing it. Do not let it shatter the truth of your mission.

Because your brain is really good at generating potential matches. That's where the magic happens, not in the Markov chain :-)

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