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so. These ideas started with Charles Darwin. One hundred years later, they were developed in exquisite detail by the American evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers. Combined, they provide an explanation for why, in most species including our own, males compete with each other for access to females — the most val

sevic, Pol Pot, Josef Stalin, Charles Taylor, and Mao Zedong. These men were responsible for the brutal

over 50 million people — a death toll that is at least four times higher than what Hitler caused during his reign, and comparable to that achieved by Mao Ze-Dong during his. As noted in chapter 1, chimpanzees kill at a rate that approximates many hunter-gatherer groups. When they kill, the frenzied attacks are

lves are also the ones most likely to lash out with extreme violence when someone threatens the reality of their stature. The evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers was the first to identify the adaptive significance of self-deception and its connection to deception. As he insightfully notes in his book The Folly

s of victory in war — or any competitive arena. Though this is a costly strategy, there are clear evolutionary benefits under conditions explained by Trivers and Johnson. Self-deception is favored when opponents have imperfect information about their strengths and weaknesses, and where the payoffs are high

relatively minor harms such as Reverend Lawrence Murphy and Charles Manson, as well as those who committed much more major harms such as Idi Amin and Mao Zedong. Whether we consider these individuals and their acts as evil is orthogonal to the fact that each one posed a great risk to society. Each of these in

mitted much more major harms such as Idi Amin and Mao Zedong. Whether we consider these individuals and

gestion clearly influence behavior, and when we expect to receive medicine our bodies often begin to prepare for it. (As the evo- lutionary biologist Robert Trivers recently pointed out, in "The Folly of Fools," his book about the historical necessity of de- ceit, what the brain expects to happen in the near futu

of Fools," his book about the historical necessity of de- ceit, what the brain expects to happen in the near future affects its physiological state. Trivers's theory would explain a fact that has often baffled scientists: the pla- cebo effect doesn't appear to work with Alzheimer's patients. Trivers sugge

er Under- ground. That was too radical even for Kaptchuk. He fled to the West Coast. "I was hanging out with the San Francisco Red Guards and reading Mao, trying to get away from U.S. imperial- ism," he said. "I was militant and crazy. But at some point I said, Ted, this is not being human." Kaptchuk d

stion dearly influence behavior, and when we expect to receive medicine our bodies often begin to prepare for it. (As the eve lutionary biologist Robert Trivers recently pointed out, in 'The Folly of Fools," his book about the historical necessity of de- ceit, what the brain expects to happen in the near f

Fools," his book about the historical necessity of de- ceit, what the brain expects to happen in the near future affects its physiological state. Trivers's theory would explain a fact that has often baffled scientists: the pla- cebo effect doesn't appear to work with Alzheimer's patients. Trivers sug

er - ground. That was too radical even for Kaptchuk. He fled to the West Coast. "I was hanging out with the San Francisco Red Guards and reading Mao, trying to get away from U.S. imperial- ism," he said. "I was militant and crazy. But at some point I said, Ted, this is not being human." Kaptch

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