
The Folly of Fools
Book by Robert TriversWikipedia
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Sep 4, 2026
How We Lie to Ourselves (And Why It Works)
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5:25Mario SikoraHOST
So, you know, not a, you know, wonderful role model for ethical behavior.
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5:31Mario SikoraHOST
But He wrote a book called The Folly of Fools, which describes some of the work he did around self-deception.
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5:38Mario SikoraHOST
And his premise is, and it's pretty well backed up, that humans are wired to deceive ourselves, to lie to ourselves.
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5:47Mario SikoraHOST
And from his view, this stems from this.
Shadows in State House: Blackmail, Lies, and the Fragility of Ugandan Power
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47:03Andrew MwendaGUEST
Not, not that he has... his government doesn't do it because remember these things are always, uh... [laughs] I have a book up here by, by Robert Trivers.
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47:10Andrew MwendaGUEST
It's called The Folly of Fools.
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47:11Andrew MwendaGUEST
You know, Charles, if we are in the same room and I stepped on your foot, you'd say, "Oh, old man, why you, you have stepped on me?" But if some stranger did so, you'd be very angry, "You mean guy.
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47:19Andrew MwendaGUEST
You see what you have done to my toe." You see, they say that if something bad is done to you accidentally by your friend, you don't see any infraction.