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Re:False memory implantation in adults us easy by Sharlin on Thursday October 06, 2022 @06:16PM (#33114825)
One of my favorite ev-psych hypotheses is that humans evolved to be so good at lying to themselves so that they could believably lie to others.
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Re:False memory implantation in adults us easy by 77pt77 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @06:33PM (#33114990)
This is where evopsych starts getting too close to psychoanalysis, and therefore bullshit.

Humans have this tendency to use some tool way beyond its realm of applicability.

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