We prefer to be fooled than hear the truth, and opportunists take note

We lie about ourselves because we prefer the version we make up to the one we grew up with.

Doctors find that patients much prefer the version of themselves that’s lighter than the one weighing down the scales in the surgery

You have to wonder if Ireland is the only country in the world where one of the most feared organs of the State unashamedly rewards people for lying and penalises people who insist on dealing only with facts and truth.