Understanding human behaviour...

[NoSelfSelf]

In new video leo said that we can understand human behaviour if we know self deception,how can you read and know human behaviour just by knowing how someone decieves themselves i dont get it?

[Dan502]

Self-deception is woven into our behaviour. For example, when two people have an argument, they might unconsciously overestimate the importance of maintaining their respective credabilities because they've already deceived themselves that they know all that needs to be known and that they can therefore rely absolutely on their own opinions before the argument has even started. 

The more aware we are of the extent to which we ourselves do this, the easier we may find it to observe and understand what is happening in the moment and respond optimally.