The Folly of Fools (62 page)

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

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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