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The pattern behind self-deception

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  1. zia m
    Member

    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

    http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception.html

    Posted 1 year ago on 15 Jun 2010 2:54 #

  2. nota
    Member

    @zia m
    Are you trying to explain away your fears of 'the bogeymen'? :-P

    Posted 1 year ago on 15 Jun 2010 5:01 #

  3. Anti Pakistan
    Member

    Nota

    fears of 'the bogeymen'

    Posted 1 year ago on 15 Jun 2010 5:33 #

  4. zia m
    Member

    I always wondered about out of body experience.They can be induced through focal electrical stimulation of the brain.

    Posted 1 year ago on 16 Jun 2010 12:47 #

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