The folly of fools : the logic of deceit and self-deception in human life

✍ Scribed by Trivers, Robert

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 397
• Category: Library

✦ 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 hel. Read more...

Abstract: 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 hel

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The evolutionary logic of self-deception --
Deception in nature --
Neurophysiology and levels of imposed self-deception --
Self-deception in the family --
and the split self --
Deceit, self-deception, and sex --
The immunology of self-deception --
The psychology of self-deception --
Self-deception in everyday life --
Self-deception in aviation and space disasters --
False historical narratives --
Self-deception and war --
Religion and self-deception --
Self-deception and the structure of the social sciences --
Fighting self-deception in our own lives.

✦ Subjects

Self-deception. Deception -- Psychological aspects. Deception -- Social aspects. Psychology. PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology. SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science. Zelfbedrog. Bedrog. Evolutionary psychology. Liegen.