People deceive themselves willingly. Try to point it out and the usual answer is: so what? Resistance appears immediately
Buying a package that is mostly air, investing in a pyramid scheme, consuming endless entertainment, collecting every hypothesis, offering unasked-for advice, waiting for another person to act, spreading investments without understanding, and endlessly asking why can all look like different behaviours
At their depth, they often serve one purpose: to move responsibility away from the self. The illusion is easier to protect than the choice it is hiding
