It takes a thief to catch a thief

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 34 (1):28-28 (2011)
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Von Hippel & Trivers (VH&T) dismiss in a couple of pages the possible costs of self-deception. But there is a downside to self-deception that they do not consider. This is the loss of psychological insight into deceit by others that blindness to deceit by oneself is likely to entail

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