Hidden Brain Host Explains Why We Lie to Ourselves Every Day
Clip: 3/12/2021 | 17m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Shankar Vendantam joins the show.
Shankar Vedantam, host of the popular podcast “Hidden Brain,” has been reporting on human behavior for decades, and he says that buying into false beliefs can actually be a good thing – sometimes. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to explain why self-delusion can be a helpful tool to get us through the hard parts of life.
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Hidden Brain Host Explains Why We Lie to Ourselves Every Day
Clip: 3/12/2021 | 17m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Shankar Vedantam, host of the popular podcast “Hidden Brain,” has been reporting on human behavior for decades, and he says that buying into false beliefs can actually be a good thing – sometimes. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to explain why self-delusion can be a helpful tool to get us through the hard parts of life.
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