This feels related to how we can lie to ourselves and rationalize our actions. It feels like some sort of defense mechanism where we execute some sort of search for “most ego-preserving thing I can tell myself which still maintains internal consistency”, which then generates the noble excuse...or something like that.
This feels related to how we can lie to ourselves and rationalize our actions. It feels like some sort of defense mechanism where we execute some sort of search for “most ego-preserving thing I can tell myself which still maintains internal consistency”, which then generates the noble excuse...or something like that.
Yes that’s about right.