Carl: “[...] But there’s a big difference between acting immorally because you deceived yourself, and acting immorally with a clear picture of what you’re doing.”
Worker: “Yes, the second one is much less bad!”
Carl: “What?”
Worker: “All else being equal, it’s better to have clearer beliefs than muddier ones, right?”
This part is very important (the recursive distortion of a conscious, strategic lie is less bad than the alternative of trashing your ability to think in general):