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I'm the only person I trust to lie to me so honestly.
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@theRSAorg So did you also recognize the problem with the "E" experiment. I did. Thanks for the infos.
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well..reading through most of the comments..I think you guys are actually deceiving yourselves..making statements that you like honesty..and why is that socially better..and so on..c'mon..be honest to yourselves..lying is good..and there is quite a handful (or even maybe no one) that could accept the naked truth about everything
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Everyone deceives themselves; Sartre called it "Bad Faith" and it is essentially unavoidable
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very interesting.
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@uyouhaveyou I agree. We need some cooperatives like Mondragon Cooperative Corporation in Spain IMO.
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@Laughingblades Maybe i could use a better phrase than "get the better of" :D - Language is POWERful!
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@uyouhaveyou *shrug* Probably, we live under a system that selects for predatory sociopaths.
Oh no, why did you guys edit the video? I would have loved to see the entire lecture.
razornet1 3 months ago
@razornet1 the full debate including the audience Q&A session is available as a podcast: thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2011/why-do-we-deceive-ourselves
theRSAorg 3 months ago