[slooonz]

You know that what you are describing is the central observation of rationalism right ? "Humans rationalize, so you better be skeptical of your own beliefs".

You presenting it as a blind spot of rationalists, but that’s precisely the blind spot that rationalism warn about !

[tm-infringement]

Yes, but step 2 is being able to overcome that slight problem with mind kung-fu. So the result is the same.