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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Varki, Ajit.
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Denial (Psychology)
Human evolution.
Evolutionary psychology.
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Denial [electronic resource] : self-deception, false beliefs, and the origins of the human mind / Ajit Varki and Danny Brower.
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Varki, Ajit.
New York : Twelve, c2013.
Subjects
Denial (Psychology)
Human evolution.
Evolutionary psychology.
Electronic Resource
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ISBN:
9781455579181 (electronic bk.)
1455579181 (electronic bk.)
Description:
1 online resource (375 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Introduction: An improbable but true story -- Where did we come from, and how did we get here? -- Becoming smarter shouldn't be hard -- There are no free lunches or free smarts -- Many levels of awareness -- The wall -- Breaking though the wall -- How did reality denial emerge? -- Evidence for reality denial is all around us! -- Too smart for our own good -- A tale of two futures: are you a pessimist or an optimist? -- On the positive value of human reality denial -- Explaining the mysterious origin of us -- Future directions -- Epilogue -- Coda.
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Describes why humans are able to deny reality and ignore their own inevitable deaths to the detriment of the entire species and what might be done to change this mindset.
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