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The weightless hat: Is self-deception optimal?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2011

Elias L. Khalil
Elias L. Khalil
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia. [email protected]
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Abstract

There are problems with the thesis of von Hippel & Trivers (VH&T): (1) It entails that self-deception arises from interpersonal deception – which may not be true; (2) it entails that self-deception is optimal – which is not necessarily so; and (3) it entails that interpersonal deception is optimum – which may not be true.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 30 - 31
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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