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Sounds like cognitive dissonance. It's easy to believe that BS is bad, but hard to recognize BS in others without also recognizing it in yourself. When those beliefs are in conflict the easiest resolution is to stop recognizing BS.

As they say: it's hard for a man to understand something when his paycheck depends on not understanding it.



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