Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - February 2011 - Volume 34, Issue 01  

Open Peer Commentary

Evolution, lies, and foresight biases

Thomas Suddendorfa1

a1 School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. t.suddendorf@psy.uq.edu.au http://www.psy.uq.edu.au/directory/index.html?id=39

Abstract

Humans are not the only animals to deceive, though we might be the only ones that lie. The arms race von Hippel & Trivers (VH&T) propose may have only started during hominin evolution. VH&T offer a powerful theory, and I suggest it can be expanded to explain why there are systematic biases in human foresight.

(Online publication February 03 2011)

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