From: Ray E. Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Do you think we could come up with some kind of syndrome that connects all
of
>these massive denials? How about it Brad? A 12 step program maybe? Jay
>could write about it, Eva could do the numbers and the economists could
work on
>the ideology of change, Steve could market it, and Mike Hollinshead could
>document the history. Now that might really be Future work.
It would really be fun to be part of a collective effort to come up with
something new.
With respect to "massive denials", evolutionary psychologists have come a
long
ways towards explaining human behavior.
See: The Moral Animal: Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Life
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: DECEPTION AND SELF-DECEPTION
http://www.clark.net/pub/wright/chapthir.htm
Jay