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Get thee to a laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2011

David Dunning
David Dunning
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Department of Psychology, Uris Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. dad6@cornell.eduhttp://cornellpsych.org/sasi/index.php
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Abstract

von Hippel & Trivers's central assertion that people self-deceive to better deceive others carries so many implications that it must be taken to the laboratory to be tested, rather than promoted by more indirect argument. Although plausible, many psychological findings oppose it. There is also an evolutionary alternative: People better deceive not through self-deception, but rather by not caring about the truth.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 18 - 19
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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