| | Great article Tibor!
The first case that comes to mind when I think about this subject is Warren Buffet's claim that his secretary pays more in taxes than he does, therefore, the rich should pay a higher tax rate.
He advanced an idea that would supposedly hurt him (i.e. not be in his interests); therefore, the idea was deemed credible by many people regardless of the idea's merit.
This idea also corresponds with another of your articles (I can't remember its name) in which you examined another idea. The idea was that if someone benefits from an idea, that person must be biased which makes the idea invalid.
These ideas arise from other erroneous ideas such as the conflict of interest (read: a person only benefits at anothers expense), ideas are innate, each person has their own truth, people are inherently biased therefore non credible, etc.
Anyway, keep up the good fight!
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