Delusional beliefs can sometimes be helpful, but not always. Some people craft rationalizations to defend their delusions, no matter what evidence says, but Is it possible that self-delusion can have a positive effect? We might leverage delusion to solve big problems—even climate change.
Click above to hear part 3 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
