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The elephant in the brain

hidden motives in everyday life
Author: Search for this author Simler, Kevin, 1982- (author); Hanson, Robin, 1959- (author)
Statement of Responsibility: Kevin Simler ; Robin Hanson
Year: [2018]
Publisher: New York, [New York], Oxford University Press
Media group: eBook/eResource
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Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better - and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the extent of our.

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Statement of Responsibility: Kevin Simler ; Robin Hanson
Year: [2018]
Publisher: New York, [New York], Oxford University Press
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ISBN: 9780190496005
ISBN (2nd): 9780190495992
Description: x, 397 Seiten, Illustrationen
Tags: Behavioural Psychology, Cognition, Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Verhaltenspsychologie, Kognition, Psychologie
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Language: eng
Media group: eBook/eResource