The latest Radio Lab Episode is called "Deception" and explores the science of lying. Apparently my brain is quite lacking in "white matter" neuron connections, because I am a really terrible liar.
The important part here is that the website links to a clip of a conversation between evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers who wrote the forward to Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene and notable cunning linguist Noam Chomsky on the sociobiological nature of self-deception. From there, there was a link to the complete conversation, which makes for a rather enjoyable half hour.
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