The folly of fools: the logic of deceit and self-deception in human life
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CONTENTS
PREFACE, XV
1. THE EVOLUTIONARY LOGIC OF SELF-DECEPTION 1
THE EVOLUTION OF SELF-DECEPTION, 3
DECEPTION IS EVERYWHERE, 6
WHAT IS SELF-DECEPTION?, 8
DETECTING DECEPTION IN HUMANS VIA COGNITIVE LOAD, 9
SELF-DECEPTION IS OLDER THAN LANGUAGE, 13
NINE CATEGORIES OF SELF-DECEPTION, 15
THE HALLMARKS OF SELF-DECEPTION, 27
2. DECEPTION IN NATURE 29
THE COEVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE BETWEEN DECEIVER AND DECEIVED, 30
FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION IN BUTTERFLIES, 30
AN EPIC COEVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE, 31
INTELLIGENCE AND DECEPTION, 36
FEMALE MIMICS, 38
FALSE ALARM CALLS, 39
CAMOUFLAGE, 40
DEATH AND NEAR-DEATH ACTS, 41
RANDOMNESS AS A STRATEGY, 42
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VIII CONTENTS
DECEPTION MAY INDUCE ANGER, 43
ANIMALS MAY BE CONSCIOUS OF DECEPTION, 45
DECEPTION AS AN EVOLUTIONARY GAME, 48
A DEEPER THEORY OF DECEPTION, 50
3. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND LEVELS OF IMPOSED SELF-DECEPTION 53
THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUS KNOWLEDGE, 54
THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF THOUGHT SUPPRESSION, 56
THE IRONY OF TRYING TO SUPPRESS ONE S THOUGHTS, 57
IMPROVING DECEPTION THROUGH NEURAL INHIBITION, 58
UNCONSCIOUS SELF-RECOGNITION SHOWS SELF-DECEPTION, 59
CAN ONE HALF OF THE BRAIN HIDE FROM THE OTHER?, 61
IMPOSED SELF-DECEPTION, 63
IMPLICIT VERSUS EXPLICIT SELF-ESTEEM, 64
FALSE CONFESSIONS, TORTURE, AND FLATTERY, 66
FALSE MEMORIES OF CHILD ABUSE, 67
IS SELF-DECEPTION THE PSYCHE S IMMUNE SYSTEM?, 68
THE PLACEBO EFFECT, 70
4. SELF-DECEPTION IN THE FAMILY - AND THE SPLIT SELF 77
PARENT/OFFSPRING CONFLICT, 80
CASES OF EXTREME ABUSE, 81
GENOMIC IMPRINTING, 82
INTERNAL CONFLICT FROM OPPOSITELY IMPRINTED GENES, 84
PARENTAL MANIPULATION AND IMPRINTING, 85
THE EFFECT OF MARITAL CONFLICT ON GENETIC CONFLICT, 86
IMPRINTING AND SELF-DECEPTION, 87
DECEPTION IN CHILDREN, 88
PARENTAL EFFECTS ON CHILDREN S DECEPTION, 92
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5. DECEIT, SELF-DECEPTION, AND SEX 95
WHY SEX?, 96
TWO SEXES-TWO COEVOLVING SPECIES, 97
DECEPTION AND SELF-DECEPTION AT COURTSHIP, 99
WHOSE BABY IS IT?, 100
MALE RESPONSE TO FEMALE INFIDELITY, 101
DECEIT AND A WOMAN S MONTHLY CYCLE, 103
MEN S SELF-DECEIT ABOUT FEMALE INTEREST, 105
MALE DENIAL OF HOMOSEXUAL TENDENCIES, 106
IS SELF-DECEPTION GOOD OR BAD FOR MARRIAGE?, 107
THE APPEAL AND DANGER OF FANTASY, 109
THE PAIN OF BETRAYAL, 110
6. THE IMMUNOLOGY OF SELF-DECEPTION 115
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS EXPENSIVE, 117
THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP, 120
TRADE-OFFS WITH IMMUNITY, 121
WRITING ABOUT TRAUMA IMPROVES IMMUNE FUNCTION, 125
HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE EFFECTS OF DENIAL, 128
POSITIVE AFFECT AND IMMUNE FUNCTION, 130
THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC, 132
POSITIVITY IN OLD AGE, 133
AN IMMUNOLOGICAL THEORY OF HAPPINESS, 135
7. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF-DECEPTION 1 39
AVOIDING SOME INFORMATION AND SEEKING OUT OTHER, 140
BIASED ENCODING AND INTERPRETATION OF INFORMATION, 142
BIASED MEMORY, 143
RATIONALIZATION AND BIASED REPORTING, 145
PREDICTING FUTURE FEELINGS, 146
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ARE ALL BIASES DUE TO SELF-DECEPTION?, 147
DENIAL AND PROJECTION, 148
DENIAL IS SELF-REINFORCING, 150
YOUR AGGRESSION, MY SELF-DEFENSE, 151
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AND SELF-JUSTIFICATION, 151
SOCIAL EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE REDUCTION, 154
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE IN MONKEYS AND YOUNG CHILDREN, 155
8. SELF-DECEPTION IN EVERYDAY LIFE 1 57
SEX DIFFERENCES IN OVERCONFIDENCE, 157
METAPHORS IN THE STOCK MARKET, 160
MANIPULATIVE METAPHORS IN LIFE, 161
THE NAME-LETTER EFFECT, 164
DECEIVING DOWN AND DUMMYING UP, 167
FACE-ISM, 168
SPAM AGAINST ANTI-SPAM, 170
HUMOR, LAUGHTER, AND SELF-DECEPTION, 172
DRUGS AND SELF-DECEPTION, 173
VULNERABILITY TO MANIPULATION BY OTHERS, 175
PROFESSIONAL CON ARTISTS, 176
LIE-DETECTOR TESTS, 180
9. SELF-DECEPTION IN AVIATION AND SPACE DISASTERS 1 83
AIR FLORIDA FLIGHT 90-DOOMED BY SELF-DECEPTION?, 184
DISASTER 37,000 FEET ABOVE THE AMAZON, 189
ELDAR TAKES COMMAND-AEROFLOT FLIGHT 593,191
SIMPLE PILOT ERROR-OR PILOT FATIGUE?, 192
ICE OVERPOWERS THE PILOTS; AIRLINES OVERPOWER THE FAA, 194
THE US APPROACH TO SAFETY HELPS CAUSE 9/11,198
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CONTENTS XI
THE CHALLENGER DISASTER, 201
THE COLUMBIA DISASTER, 205
EGYPT AND EGYPTAIR DENY ALL, 209
SAVED BY LACK OF SELF-DECEPTION?, 212
10. FALSE HISTORICAL NARRATIVES 2 15
THE US FALSE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE, 218
CONTROL THROUGH SMALL WARS AND INSTALLED PROXIES, 222
US HISTORY TEXTBOOKS, 224
LARGER VIEW OF US HISTORY, 225
THE REWRITING OF JAPANESE HISTORY, 227
TURKEYS HOLOCAUST DENIAL, 230
A LAND WITHOUT PEOPLE FOR A PEOPLE WITHOUT LAND, 233
THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, 235
VOLUNTARY FLIGHT OR ETHNIC CLEANSING?, 237
ARAB DECEIT AND SELF-DECEPTION, 239
CHRISTIAN ZIONISM, 241
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE: CRY ANTI-SEMITE , 243
WHY FALSE HISTORICAL NARRATIVES?, 245
1 1. SELF-DECEPTION AND WAR 2 47
CHIMPANZEE RAIDING - HUMAN WARFARE, 249
SELF-DECEPTION ENCOURAGES WARFARE, 252
DEROGATION OF OTHERS -* FATAL OVERCONFIDENCE, 255
THE 2003 US WAR ON IRAQ, 257
CREATING KNOWLEDGE AND THEN WALLING IT OFF, 263
CAN WARS BE WON THROUGH BOMBING?, 265
BOMBING TO ERADICATE HISTORY AND TO REINFORCE IT, 268
CARNAGE IN GAZA, 270
SELF-DECEPTION AND THE HISTORY OF WAR, 274
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XII CONTENTS
1 2. RELIGION AND SELF-DECEPTION 2 77
COOPERATION WITHIN THE GROUP, 280
RELIGION: A RECIPE FOR SELF-DECEPTION, 282
RELIGION AND HEALTH, 285
PARASITES AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY, 288
WHY THE BIAS AGAINST WOMEN?, 291
POWER CORRUPTS, 292
RELIGIONS IMPOSE MATING SYSTEMS, 294
RELIGION PREACHES AGAINST SELF-DECEPTION, 295
INTERCESSORY PRAYER-DOES IT WORK?, 299
RELIGION AND SUPPORT FOR SUICIDE ATTACKS, 300
RELIGION - SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS -* WARFARE, 301
1 3. SELF-DECEPTION AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 3 03
PRECEDENCE OF JUSTICE OVER TRUTH?, 304
SUCCESS OF SCIENCE IS BASED ON ANTI-SELF-DECEPTION DEVICES, 305
THE MORE SOCIAL THE DISCIPLINE, THE MORE RETARDED ITS DEVELOPMENT, 307
SELF-DECEPTION IN BIOLOGY, 308
IS ECONOMICS A SCIENCE?, 310
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 313
PSYCHOLOGY, 315
PSYCHOANALYSIS: SELF-DECEPTION IN THE STUDY OF SELF-DECEPTION, 317
SELF-DECEPTION DEFORMS DISCIPLINES, 319
14. FIGHTING SELF-DECEPTION IN OUR OWN LIVES 3 21
TO FIGHT ONES OWN SELF-DECEPTION OR NOT?, 323
A SERIES OF MINOR VICTORIES FOLLOWED BY A MAJOR DISASTER, 324
SIGNALS OF UNDERLYING MENTAL SCREW-UPS, 324
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CONTENTS XIII
CORRECTING FOR OUR OWN BIASES, 326
WHY ARE WE SO COMPULSIVE?, 327
THE VALUE OF BEING CONSCIOUS, 329
THE DANGER OF FANTASY IN PROPAGATING DECEPTION, 330
THE BENEFITS OF PRAYER AND MEDITATION, 331
VALUE OF FRIENDS AND COUNSELORS, 332
AN INVITATION TO SELF-DECEPTION AND PERSONAL DISASTER, 333
A NEVER-ENDING EXTRAVAGANZA, 334
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, 339 NOTES, 341 BIBLIOGRAPHY, 355 INDEX, 385
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