I've noticed that with lies I maintain personally, I start to believe them over time. This is why Eliezer (LessWrong) is so against lying - it's hard enough to

I've noticed that with lies I maintain personally, I start to believe them over time. This is why Eliezer (LessWrong) is so against lying - it's hard enough to reach the truth when you're explicitly trying, let alone when you sabotage it on purpose. With lies I need to keep, history starts rewriting itself. I remember things differently than reality. OTOH, that's how I maintain a few secrets (nothing that useful really) - I "truly" believe them when taking to friends and family. This might be why it's so hard for people to maintain cover. In this article, we see Ross dying to tell people. Now if he had been involved with a BTC exchange and done a few illegal things, I dunno, would that be enough? He could let that slip without letting on more. But it's super hard and I suck at it, so... I'm sure real agents have better training and ways to cope. It'd be cool to see training materials.