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Trivers' esp. analysis. What the evidence suggests about how it affects our understanding of others' subjective worlds.
Language increases the means for deceit and self-deception. Especially with respect to events distant in space and time, which are consequently more difficult to challenge. [Also with matters logically distant, that is, abstract or complex.]
Trivers, Robert, "The Folly of Fools", Basic Books, 2011, 14
Increased cognitive load seems to be the limiting factor in self-conscious deception. The challenge is in constructing a plausible alternative reality. This is harder when constructing an elaborate alternative.
Trivers, Robert, "The Folly of Fools", Basic Books, 2011, 10
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