Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception

Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He explains what they are, and how they get us into trouble.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on July 3, 2010 at 6:41pm
Thanks for posting. I've passed it along.

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