A Scottish anti-self-help project

How to be a
Professional Bawbag

Confidence, several streets ahead of knowledge.

Not accredited

REF. PB/DEF/01

bawbag

/ˈbɔːbaɡ/ noun · Scots

the scrotum.
derogatory. a worthless or contemptible person.
an otherwise ordinary human being whose confidence has travelled several streets ahead of their knowledge.

Senses 1 and 2: dictionary. Sense 3: this project.

New collection · Series 1

Ancient ideas for the difficult business of being a person. Starting with a one-word message and an entirely unnecessary public inquiry.

What happened? What story have I added? What could I ask to find out?

REF. PB/INTRO

Introduction · Field notes

Intelligence is useful. It is not, unfortunately, a vaccine against nonsense.

REF. PB/CURRICULUM

The core curriculum

Short lessons in bad arguments, false certainty and the difficult business of becoming marginally less unbearable.

Smarter people make better bawbags.