Self deception
Self deception is a process of denying or rationalizing away the relevance, significance, or importance of opposing evidence and argument. Typically, self deception is used to maintain false beliefs or delusions that one has an emotional attachment to. Self deception can also include the defensive process of controlling and interrupting a discussion in order to try to prevent the opposing evidence and argument from even being presented.
Generally, the person engaged in self deception is unaware that they are illogically defending their beliefs. It has been argued that humans are without exception highly susceptible to self deception, as everyone has beliefs they are emotionally attached to.
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