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Culture of deception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2011

Gregory Gorelik  and
Todd K. Shackelford
Gregory Gorelik
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431. ggorelik@fau.edu
Todd K. Shackelford
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309. shackelf@oakland.eduhttp://www.toddkshackelford.com/
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Abstract

We examine the self-deceptive aspects of religion and nationalism. By embracing various religious or political ideals, regardless of their truth, our ancestors could have enhanced their confidence, solidified their social ties, and manipulated their reproductive rivals. This use of culture as one's extended phenotype may increase the spread of misinformation and create global webs of deception and self-deception.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 24 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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