Describes why humans are able to deny reality and ignore their own inevitable deaths to the detriment of the entire species and what might be done to change this mindset.
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Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind
2013, Grand Central Publishing
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Denial: self-deception, false beliefs, and the origins of the human mind
2013, Twelve
in English
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Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind
2013, Grand Central Publishing
in English
1306746884 9781306746885
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Table of Contents
Introduction: An improbable but true story
Where did we come from, and how did we get here?
Becoming smarter shouldn't be hard
There are no free lunches or free smarts
Many levels of awareness
The wall
Breaking though the wall
How did reality denial emerge?
Evidence for reality denial is all around us!
Too smart for our own good
A tale of two futures: are you a pessimist or an optimist?
On the positive value of human reality denial
Explaining the mysterious origin of us
Future directions
Epilogue
Coda.
Edition Notes
"First edition, June 2013"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-360) and index.
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