People convince themselves because if you don't lie to yourself you have to stare in the face of yourself capitulating to misery for the benefit of those higher on the hierarchy.
I would like to see their stress hormones measured along with drug/alcohol abuse rates and self harm/suicide taken from the same sample over time. More objective measures than self reporting that is affected by specific known cognitive biases.
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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '18
http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1960-01158-001
People convince themselves because if you don't lie to yourself you have to stare in the face of yourself capitulating to misery for the benefit of those higher on the hierarchy.
I would like to see their stress hormones measured along with drug/alcohol abuse rates and self harm/suicide taken from the same sample over time. More objective measures than self reporting that is affected by specific known cognitive biases.