It is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it. (Sigmund Freud)

It is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it.

Sigmund Freud

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