Intellectual dishonesty

Intellectual dishonesty is lying about or concealing one's own beliefs. I'm British and I can still edit? Whoops, you may need to reconfigure MediaWiki! [[Charles Murrnd-all of human excellence and that someone with a low IQ is inferior. Second, they are already sure that the black - white IQ difference is predominantly genetic and that this is a calamity -- such a calamity indeed that it must not be spoken about, even to oneself. To raise these issues holds a mirror up to the elites' most desperately denied inner thoughts.

Intellectual dishonesty often arises when incentives exist for people to advocate stances that they know to be wrong. For instance, handlers^{[Who says?]} of political candidates may encourage them to adopt positions that will be popular with the people, regardless of what their personal opinions may be.