(…) if you lie you’re going to tilt what you believe towards the lie because that will lighten the ethical load that you carry, it’ll reduce cognitive dissonance, that’s one way of terming it and so, and then you can’t keep track of your lies and so, that’s a big problem and they tangle up your toughts (…) lies, they just warp things to a tremendous degree and if you think you’re smart enough to keep your lies separate from your truth…

Jordan Peterson