The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-deception in Human Life

The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-deception in Human Life
ISBN-10
0465027555
ISBN-13
9780465027552
Category
Science
Pages
397
Language
English
Published
2011-10-25
Publisher
Basic Books (AZ)
Author
Robert Trivers

Description

Explores the author's theorized evolutionary basis for self-deception, which he says is tied to group conflict, courtship, neurophysiology, and immunology, but can be negated by awareness of it and its results.

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