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A belief so comfortable it fired its roommate, reality.
means A fixed false belief held with total conviction even when the facts say otherwise.
from From Latin deludere, 'to mock, deceive, or play false' — built from de- (down, thoroughly) plus ludere, 'to play' (the same root that gives us 'ludicrous' and 'interlude'). So a delusion is etymologically something that has thoroughly 'played' you — reality running a game on your mind, or your mind running one on itself.
- clinical bar
- stays fixed despite clear, undeniable contrary evidence
- not alone
- confidence makes it contagious, see cults, startups, exes
- sneaky cousin
- optimism, which is delusion with better PR
- fun fact
- everyone thinks they are the exception, that is delusion