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Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception

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Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He explains what they are, and how they get us into trouble.

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TEDTalks;TED2010;TED;Talks;God;faith;neurology;psychology;science;self;2010

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