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The story you build after the choice, then mistake for the reason you made it.
means A reason or explanation offered to show that an action, belief, or claim is right, reasonable, or warranted.
from From Latin 'justificare,' to make just or righteous — a fusion of 'justus' (just, lawful) and 'facere' (to make, do). It entered English through Old French in the medieval period, carrying a heavy theological charge: to be 'justified' was to be made righteous before God. Only later did the word loosen into the everyday sense of merely making a case for oneself — a slide from divine vindication to the excuses we offer at dinner.
- typography term
- Stretching text to align both edges neatly
- brain default
- Decisions come first, reasons get invented later
- latin root
- From justus, to make right or proper
- theology debate
- Faith versus works split Christianity for centuries
- warning sign
- More you explain, weaker the case looks
nuremberg trials — 1945-1946 prosecution of 24 nazi leaders for war crimes, establishing legal precedent for crimes against humanity
miranda v arizona — 1966 supreme court case requiring police to inform suspects of their rights before interrogation