“It seems to me that the week’s news about Elliot Spitzer is a perfect
example of the effect that Joanna Starek uncovered in her research.
Politics is at least as competitive as swimming. The same ability of
self-deception that made Spitzer a success in politics also allowed him
to believe that what he was (allegedly) doing was not wrong, or at least
that he would not be caught.”
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Politics of Deception
March 17, 2008 – 11:39 am
“It seems to me that the week’s news about Elliot Spitzer is a perfect
example of the effect that Joanna Starek uncovered in her research.
Politics is at least as competitive as swimming. The same ability of
self-deception that made Spitzer a success in politics also allowed him
to believe that what he was (allegedly) doing was not wrong, or at least
that he would not be caught.”
–engineer27
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