Douglas_Knight comments on Deception and Self-Doubt - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 11 March 2010 04:44:18AM 5 points [-]

I think that this is completely wrong about the psychology of boldfaced lies. They are much more commonly the result of a feeling of entitlement or resentment of the need to debate at all. I think that matches the proximate explanation of FAWS.