Quote by Lee Irby

“Nature practices deceptions in every angle. Evolution will create a being for any niche that can be found, no matter how unlikely. When”

— Jeff VanderMeer

“Once we comprehend the evolutionary function of deception, we stand better equipped to understand why it happens, when it is likely to happen, and…

— Ptera Hunter

“humans are born with brains structured to make sense of the world, and that often leads to beliefs that go beyond any natural explanation.”

— David DiSalvo

Reason deceives us more often than does nature.

— Luc de Clapiers

“I have no reason to believe humans evolved with the capability to understand their reality. That capability was not important to survival. When it…

— Scott Adams

“I confess that I do not believe that one human brain is capable of answering every objection that another human brain could raise against…

— Charles H. Spurgeon

“Our natures are, indeed, elusively insubstantial—notoriously less stable and less inherent than the nature of other things. And insofar as this is the case,…

— Harry G. Frankfurt

“This is one of the reasons I study psychology. I’ve never understood why people are so irrational. How supposedly intelligent people can believe and…

— G.F. Gustav

If... deceit is fundamental to animal communication, then there must be strong selection to spot deception and this ought, in turn, to select for…

— Robert Trivers

“Nature has gone to great lengths to hide our subconscious from ourselves. Why?”

— Robert Wright

“Our minds have a great capacity for deception. This does not mean we are necessarily dishonest but if we are not careful, when our…

— David W. Earle

“A civilization is built upon the edifice of genuine human minds, not the primitive and deluded minds of barbarian apes, who in most cases…

— Abhijit Naskar