The pattern behind self-deception – Michael Shermer
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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.
Talk by Michael Shermer.



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