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self-deception

Entries tagged with self-deception - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.

14 concepts

Ben Franklin Effect

We grow to like people we've done favours for, not just people who've done favours for us.

The uncomfortable tension we feel when holding two contradictory beliefs at the same time.

Keeping contradictory beliefs, values, or behaviours in separate mental boxes so they never have to confront each other.

We seek out information that supports what we already believe, and ignore what doesn't.

The refusal to accept an uncomfortable truth, even when the evidence is overwhelming.

The less you know about something, the more confident you're likely to feel about it.

The harder we work for something, the more we convince ourselves it was worth it - regardless of whether it was.

We tend to assume that most people think the way we do - and we're usually wrong.

Judging others by a stricter moral standard than the one you apply to yourself.

When we use reasoning not to find the truth, but to defend what we already believe.

Attributing your own uncomfortable feelings, motives, or traits to someone else.

Constructing a logical-sounding explanation for a decision or behaviour that was actually driven by emotion.

Unconsciously expressing the opposite of what you truly feel, turning unacceptable impulses into exaggerated displays of the reverse.

Focusing on the people or things that succeeded while overlooking those that didn't - and drawing false conclusions from the incomplete picture.