The Folly of Fools

✍ Scribed by Trivers, Robert

• Book ID: 108595083
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 288 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780465028054

✦ Synopsis

Whether it’s in a cockpit at takeoff or the planning of an offensive war, a romantic relationship or a dispute at the office, there are many opportunities to lie and self-deceive —but deceit and self-deception carry the costs of being alienated from reality and can lead to disaster. So why does deception play such a prominent role in our everyday lives? In short, why do we deceive?

In his bold new work, prominent biological theorist Robert Trivers unflinchingly argues that self-deception evolved in the service of deceit —the better to fool others. We do it for biological reasons  —in order to help us survive and procreate. From viruses mimicking host behavior to humans mis-remembering (sometimes intentionally) the details of a quarrel, science has proven that the deceptive one can always outwit the masses. But we undertake this deception at our own peril.

Trivers has written an ambitious investigation into the evolutionary logic of lying and the costs of leaving it unchecked. - © 2011

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