“To the insane man his insanity is quite prosaic. A man who thinks himself a chicken is to himself as ordinary as a chicken.” — G. K. Chesterton
This is true for ideology too. To someone in the grip of an ideology, it seems like what they believe is simply true. The only way to detect it is by external tests, like noticing that one's peers all believe exactly the same things.
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I'm quite certain that's what GK meant.
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Exploring uncomfortable inconsistencies is a powerful way to detect delusions. When I’ve changed my mind about things, often I can look back and see inconsistencies that could have clued me in sooner if I’d explored them.
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