Monday, June 14, 2010

Michael Shermer: The Pattern Behind Self-Deception


Filmed Feb 2010; Posted Jun 2010 on TED
Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He explains what they are, and how they get us into trouble.

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