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It takes a thief to catch a thief

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2011

Nicholas Humphrey
Nicholas Humphrey
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London School of Economics (Emeritus Professor). humphrey@me.com www.humphrey.org.uk
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Abstract

Von Hippel & Trivers (VH&T) dismiss in a couple of pages the possible costs of self-deception. But there is a downside to self-deception that they do not consider. This is the loss of psychological insight into deceit by others that blindness to deceit by oneself is likely to entail.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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