The story you sketched reminds me of one of claims Robin Hanson makes in The Elephant in the Brain. He says that humans have evolved certain adaptations, like unconscious facial expressions, that make them bad at lying. As a result, when humans do something that’s socially unacceptable (e.g. leaving someone because they are low-status) our brain makes us believe we are doing something more socially acceptable (e.g. leaving someone because you don’t get along).
So humans have evolved imperfect adaptations to make us less deceptive along with workarounds to avoid those adaptations.
The story you sketched reminds me of one of claims Robin Hanson makes in The Elephant in the Brain. He says that humans have evolved certain adaptations, like unconscious facial expressions, that make them bad at lying. As a result, when humans do something that’s socially unacceptable (e.g. leaving someone because they are low-status) our brain makes us believe we are doing something more socially acceptable (e.g. leaving someone because you don’t get along).
So humans have evolved imperfect adaptations to make us less deceptive along with workarounds to avoid those adaptations.
Came here to say this. Highly recommend this book for anyone working on deception.