Self-deception

Getting oneself to believe something one does not believe.

1. Deception
2. Avoidance of reality

1. Unrealistically positive self-assessment
2. Self-destructive excuses
3. Official self-deception

1. Token humanitarian intervention
2. Living a lie
3. Co-dependency

1. Objectivism
2. Academic self-promotion

1. Mutual deceits
2. Intellectual prejudice

1. Practicing self-deception
2. Retreating into ignorance

1. Deception