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Viliam_Bur comments on Truth & social graces - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 22 October 2011 02:27:24PM 2 points [-]

other-deception seems to go hand in hand with self-deception

I would usually agree with this, but now it made me think... when we decide to ignore politeness and other social skills, and dismiss the consequences of our choice by saying "other-deception = self-deception", aren't we already involved in some serious self-deception?