The Folly of Fools (62 page)
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Authors: Robert Trivers
United Nations (UN)
United States
false historical narratives and
foreign policy in
safety approach of
war and
UNSCOM
USAID
Vatican II
Vietnam War
Virginia, University of
Viruses
War
bombing and
control and
creating and walling off information and
denial and
derogation of others and
evolution of
false historical narratives and
faulty decisions in
“home field” advantage and
Iraq war (2003) and
language and
modern
moral superiority and
natural selection and
overconfidence and
power and
primitive
rationalization and
religion and
risk taking and
sex differences and
small
truth and
Washington, George
Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)
West Africa
West Bank
Wetherbee, James
White lies
WMDs.
See
Weapons of mass destruction
Wolf Man
Wolfowitz, Paul
Women
deception, detection of and
infidelity and
monthly cycle of
overconfidence and
religion and
sexual abuse of
sexual interest of
sexuality of
war and
Woods, Elin
Woods, Tiger
World Bank
World War I
World War II
Zionism, Zionists
See also
Christian Zionism
Copyright © 2011 by Robert Trivers
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Trivers, Robert.
The folly of fools : the logic of deceit and self-deception in human life / Robert Trivers. p. cm.
eISBN : 978-0-465-02805-4
(e-book) 1. Self-deception. 2. Deception—Psychological aspects. 3. Deception—Social aspects. I. Title.
BF697.5.S426T76 2011
153.4—dc23
2011028453