Søcrates Heist Name and picture from twetch — not on-chain. The signature is; the profile is not.

Yes, self-deception is very bad but few have actually developed habits to oppose it in their own minds. Please look into cognitive dissonance, Neitzsche's theory of self-deception, and narcissism. This is a big part of solving the Byzantine general's problem. People who fight self-deception in themselves need to find one another and focus their attention on one another and away from everyone else.

To subvert and counter the invasion of Earth by superhuman beings, first we must learn to recognize, identify, and expose their existence.

Until then, the odds of homo sapiens surviving, as a free autonomous species, are approximately zero percent.

Zero.