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Mon 4 Jul, 2005 11:08 pm
Have any of you read this magazine before. I find it absolutely fascinating.
Here's an interesting article from there that may pique your interest. It's on lying, why we do it, not just to other but to ourselves. Some brilliant theories they touch on about self deception include the very strong evidence that we are not even aware of most of the thinking we do. Our subconcious brain anaylizes the situation and makes a decision, then sends this decision to our concious brain. So we don't even realize much of the actual thought that goes into making a decision, except for the highlights. This is what allows us to deceive ourselves about things such as how we look and such. And those that are poor at self deception are also very prone to becoming clincally depressed. But this is all just a fraction of the insights this article and magazine provides.
http://www.sciammind.com/article.cfm?articleID=0007B7A0-49D6-128A-89D683414B7F0000
thanks for mentioning this publication, one i wasn't aware of previously. however, i'm not overly impressed by the article you provided a link to; it seems like mostly untested conjecture to me, and it only presents one model of deception, based on principles of evolutionary psychology. and while suggesting that self-deception allows humans to deceive others undetected, it also acknowledges the many telltale signs that give away liars, thus weakening its own case.
There's plenty of others on the site that aren't so much pop culture science as cutting edge science.
I checked the link and it's broken down. Site under maintenance it said.
If they can't keep their site going I'm not going to put too much credence in their ideas about what our brains are doing.
It's entertainment.
what i'd like to understand is what Centroles was doing in the more than 2 years that elapsed between my comment on his post, and his reply to my comment.
Having a good time if he has any sense.
maybe he was traveling near lightspeed & we'll hear from him in another 2+ years.
This is my most favorite publication in the universe. Devour every issue. Highly recommended.
I was going to post something like this thread soon, too. Thanks Centroles.
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