It wasn't that bad really, it was kind of interesting, I learnt a lot," to justify what they did.

其实这份工作没那么无聊，挺有趣的，我学到了很多“他们会这样为不合理的行为找理由。

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And there are many people in sort of common sense who might think "Gee, if only I could just use my rationality, think reasonably and rationally and not let my emotions guide my behavior I'd be much better off."

有许多有常识的人,也许会想,要是我能用我的理性，合理思考,不让情感指导行为,我会做得更好“

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If it doesn't make sense, you'll-- If it doesn't make sense or, more to the point, if it's something that you do that's foolish or makes you look manipulative or cheap, you'll distort it in your head so that it does make sense.

如果你的行为不合理，你会…,如果你的行为不合理，或者更确切的地说，如果你的行为很愚蠢,或者让你显得很攻于心计，或很廉价，你就会捏造理由说服自己这是合理的。

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