The Resource Denial : self-deception, false beliefs, and the origins of the human mind, Ajit Varki and Danny Brower
Denial : self-deception, false beliefs, and the origins of the human mind, Ajit Varki and Danny Brower
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 375 p.
- Note
- "First edition, June 2013"--T.p. verso
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781455511914
- Label
- Denial : self-deception, false beliefs, and the origins of the human mind
- Title
- Denial
- Title remainder
- self-deception, false beliefs, and the origins of the human mind
- Statement of responsibility
- Ajit Varki and Danny Brower
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Varki, Ajit
- Dewey number
- 155.9
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BF175
- LC item number
- .V36 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Brower, Danny L
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Denial (Psychology)
- Human evolution
- Evolutionary psychology
- Label
- Denial : self-deception, false beliefs, and the origins of the human mind, Ajit Varki and Danny Brower
- Note
- "First edition, June 2013"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-360) and index
- 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
- Control code
- ocn816563634
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 375 p.
- Isbn
- 9781455511914
- System control number
- (OCoLC)816563634
- Label
- Denial : self-deception, false beliefs, and the origins of the human mind, Ajit Varki and Danny Brower
- Note
- "First edition, June 2013"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-360) and index
- 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
- Control code
- ocn816563634
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 375 p.
- Isbn
- 9781455511914
- System control number
- (OCoLC)816563634
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