alex_zag_al comments on How do you notice when you're rationalizing? - Less Wrong
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For rationalizing an action - I realize that the action is something I really want to do anyway. And then I figure (right or wrong) that all the reasons I just thought up to do it are made up, and I try to think about why I want to do it instead.