Most people are experts at self deception.

大多数人都是自我欺骗的专家。

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Sometimes people have to lie, but self deception is unforgivable.

有时对人撒谎是不得不为之，但是自欺就不可饶恕了。

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All the deception, self deception is the most serious.

所有欺骗中，自欺是最为严重的。

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And in this quest for what is best, positive psychology does not rely on wishful thinking, self-deception,or hand waving; instead,it tries to adapt what is best in the scientific method to the unique problems that human behavior presents " in all its complexity."

在追求理想状态时，积极心理学不会盲目主观，或自欺欺人;,相反，它尝试用最科学的方法来探究,极其复杂的人类行为所表现出来的,特殊问题“

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Certainly true, but I believe that an even greater problem is the self deception that is indicated by their use of financial models of any kind.

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