Bob: “We shouldn’t do question three this way; you only think so because you’re a bad writer”. My mouth/brain: “No, we should definitely do question three this way! [because I totally don’t want to think I’m a bad writer]”
It’s probably generically the case that the likelihood of rationalization increases with the contextual cue of a slight. But one usually isn’t aware of this in real time.
It’s probably generically the case that the likelihood of rationalization increases with the contextual cue of a slight. But one usually isn’t aware of this in real time.