How Does Deception Affect Human Behavior?

What can we learn when people deceive? There are all kinds of deception: from lying, duplicity, and disguises, to propaganda, disinformation, and deep fakes. Self-deception, too, offers insight. Why would evolution select for deceiving ourselves? Is deception bred into us, affecting all humans?

 

This episode features interviews with Joshua Greene, V.S. Ramachandran, Robert Trivers, and Max Tegmark.

 

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