Re: Why Does Self-Discovery Require a Journey?

From: Peter C. McCluskey (pcm@rahul.net)
Date: Wed Jul 16 2003 - 10:36:05 MDT

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     weidai@weidai.com (Wei Dai) writes:
    >We seem to still lack a theory of self-deception that explains why it is
    >an evolutionarily stable strategy. Without this I'm starting to have

     I don't assume that the current amount of self-deception is fully stable.
    I suspect the self-deception has evolved recently enough that we are still
    in the process of finding an equilibrium point. I think we are more gullible
    about believing the altruistic claims of others than is stable, and are
    slowly evolving more skepticism. 

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