The Importance of Self-Justification

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There are three main ones I focus on in the book, and I talked about two of them so far. The ability to cope with reality is essentially the ability to protect your ego from all the failures or disappointments that could threaten your ability to function in the world. And people tend to assume that you need some amount of self-deception in order to get those valuable things... But again, I don't think that that trade-off exists.

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What are "scout" and "soldier" mindsets? How can we have productive disagreements even when one person isn't in scout mindset? Is knowing about good rationality habits sufficient to reason well? When do we naturally tend to be in scout mindset or soldier mindset? When is each mindset beneficial or harmful? Are humans "rationally irrational"? What are the two different types of confidence? What are some practical strategies for shifting our mindset in the moment from soldier to scout?

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