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    It is not the case that If the motivating desire were always a desire to believe p, self-deception would require implausibly sophisticated meta-cognitive awareness of one's own belief-formation processes prior to being deceived.

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    • 1.People routinely exhibit implicit meta-cognitive competence without explicit awareness—we navigate social situations using tacit self-knowledge.
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    • 2.The claim conflates conscious introspection with meta-cognitive sophistication; gradual learning about one's biases requires no implausible insight.
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    • 1.Self-deception typically occurs pre-reflectively; people don't consciously monitor their belief-formation before being deceived.
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    • 2.Attributing meta-cognitive awareness to self-deceivers creates an explanatory paradox: how can one simultaneously lack and possess awareness?
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    • 3.Simpler models posit unconscious motivations directly shaping perception, requiring no prior introspective access to one's own processes.
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