The Hidden Brain and the Power of Self Deception

Self deception plays into our denial of all manners of different kinds of biases and prejudice. The reason is it's painful to think of ourselves as being people who are biased. Sometimes seeing the truth can be deeply painful. It's also really important, i think, when we look at the delusions and self deceptions of other people, to look at them with compassion,. I would argue that in many ways, we 're going to be more effective dismantling dangerous delusions when we bring empathy and sympathy and compassion to bear rather than judgment it.