Apologia is all exactly like that. The answer to "who are you trying to fool?" is in every case the same: himself, and anybody along for the ride. The usual ho

Apologia is all exactly like that. The answer to "who are you trying to fool?" is in every case the same: himself, and anybody along for the ride. The usual hope is that, even when he cannot fool himself, he might fool (i.e., "save") somebody else.