In many cases, you should simply downweight anything someone says, and look for integrity as a form of consistency of behavior. People can be wrong (without consciously intending to deceive) about their beliefs and motives, but it’s much harder to be wrong about how one actually behaved.
In many cases, you should simply downweight anything someone says, and look for integrity as a form of consistency of behavior. People can be wrong (without consciously intending to deceive) about their beliefs and motives, but it’s much harder to be wrong about how one actually behaved.