In his book, and in this conversation, Vyse presents an accessible exploration of the psychological concepts behind useful delusions, fleshing out how delusional thinking may play a role in love and relationships, illness and loss, and personality and behavior. Psychologist Stuart Vyse’s new book, The Uses of Delusion, is about aspects of human nature that are not altogether rational but, nonetheless, help us achieve our social and personal goals. the core of personality and the constructed self.conformity, role playing, obedience to authority, and the banality of evil.brainwashing and influence (Stockholm Syndrome, etc.).superstitions, rituals and incantations.self-control, will power, and time discounting.self delusions - that is, delusions about the self.paradoxical behavior and the search for underlying reasons for our actions.death and delusion: Is it useful to believe death is not the end of consciousness and self?.pragmatic truths, 3 conditions: living hypothesis, forced question, momentous.William James: When is it ok to believe anything upon insufficient evidence? Rational Choice Theory and Homo economicus.Gigerenzer: rationality, irrationality, and bounded rationality perceptual illusions and irrationalities.Shermer and Vyse discuss: What is a delusion?
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