I loved that article. You might be right about the personal liability aspect but maybe there is something else at play too? Perhaps the amount of cognitive diss

I loved that article. You might be right about the personal liability aspect but maybe there is something else at play too? Perhaps the amount of cognitive dissonance increases beyond some bearable threshold when asked to specifically confirm the lie (basically lie twice). Similar to how when you ask a child "Are you sure it wasn't you who broke the vase?" They made the additional denial, surely once that step has been taken, the hard work is done.. but you can practically see the additional psychological pressure!