<p>I feel like I can talk myself into anything. Any “bad” action I’ve ever done can be rationalized. Things I hate can be done because I can trick myself into liking them or thinking they’ll help me in some way. Responsibilities can be ignored because I convince myself they’re unimportant. etc, etc…</p>
<p>Does anyone else feel like they can talk themselves into anything because they can always figure out some way to rationalize it to themselves and convince themselves to do it?</p>
<p>Haha, I definitely can… But I usually end up going with my gut and not thinking about stuff anyway so it is not an issue (although this in itself does lead to “bad” actions)</p>
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Saaame here. Lol</p>
<p>Lol yes, I know exactly what you mean. But usually I can see through my self-deceptions.</p>
<p>I can’t; I always feel like everyone (there or not) is judging me somehow and it scares me, lol.</p>
<p>Why is this related to intelligent people?</p>
<p>Anyhoo isn’t it just defense mechanisms to protect egos? (Although there is the fear that because you subconsciously create defense mechanisms everything you believe in is actually wrong)</p>
<p>i can talk myself out of anything. trying to trick myself is rather hard, i’ve found.</p>
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<p>Intelligent people think more, and at a higher level. Thus, they have a greater potential for self deception.</p>
<p>I can’t my logical mind takes over and knows its a trick</p>
<p>Uh I can’t force myself to clean my room lol.
I have poor self-control…</p>
<p>I guess I can rationalize “bad” actions MUCH better than I can rationalize “good” but undesirable actions. Great…</p>
<p>i disagree that intelligence leads to self deception, which is basically what you said.
i myself do this all the time. i’ll be taking a test and i’ll find a way to rationalize an answer so completely. later, i find out i was wrong and i have to view the question in a different light, rationalizing it in a new way. </p>
<p>an intelligent person would realize that these are just defense mechanisms and would not resort to them. i’m not saying i’m one of those intelligent ppl btw =)</p>