Comment on A Dialogue On Doublethink

Sat, 10 May 2014 12:11:22 GMT

Lying constantly about what you believe is all well and good if you have Professor Quirrell-like lying skills and your conscience doesn't bother you if you lie to protect yourself from others' hostility to your views.

Even then, it's more cognitively demanding to lie. It's like running a business with two sets of books -- the set you show to the IRS and the set you actually use to run the business. It may save you a lot in taxes but you still have to spend double the time keeping your books.

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