We think of ourselves as rational creatures, but when we look around we see a lot of delusion in others and society. When we don’t have control over things, we tend to gravitate towards delusion and rituals to calm ourselves and create a sense of control over chaos.
Click above to hear part 2 of Skeptic Check: Useful Delusions, featuring Shankar Vendantam, host of the Hidden Brain podcast and radio show, and co-author of “Useful Delusions: The Power & Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain.”
Skeptic Check: Useful Delusions:
Part 1: Steven Novella / Illogical Impetus
Part 2: Shankar Vedantam / Fooling Ourselves
Part 3: Shankar Vedantam / Using Delusion
