How the Self-Exemption Fallacy Misleads Us

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The so-called rational human harbors cognitive fallacies that cause miscalculations, misjudgments and misunderstanding, to name a few undesirable consequences.

People afflicted with the self-exemption fallacy believe they will not face the undesirable consequences of their actions.

An inflated self-image, moral righteousness, a delusional notion of infallibility…