It was built by realists, and it will not be saved by guess work and self-deception.
en.wikipedia.org Critics especially praised its unique, nonlinear narrative structure and motifs of memory, perception, grief, self-deception, and revenge.
en.wikipedia.org The results are today commonly assumed to be due to self-deception.
en.wikipedia.org Critical thinking includes identification of prejudice, bias, propaganda, self-deception, distortion, misinformation, etc.
en.wikipedia.org Ordained authority, he showed, is all the more subject to the temptations of self-interest, self-deception and self-righteousness.
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