Jason Silva on Lying | Brain Games

I absolutely think it’s plausible that

I absolutely think it’s plausible that humans have evolved inability to use

humans have evolved inability to use

humans have evolved inability to use language in order to deceive one another

language in order to deceive one another

language in order to deceive one another in terms of natural selection it has

in terms of natural selection it has

in terms of natural selection it has been selected for because of proved to

been selected for because of proved to

been selected for because of proved to be evolutionarily advantageous to know

be evolutionarily advantageous to know

be evolutionarily advantageous to know when to lie and our purpose is to

when to lie and our purpose is to

when to lie and our purpose is to reproduce survival of the fittest

reproduce survival of the fittest

reproduce survival of the fittest adaptation by any means necessary in

adaptation by any means necessary in

adaptation by any means necessary in order to persist and survive and there

order to persist and survive and there

order to persist and survive and there are times when adaptation requires us to

are times when adaptation requires us to

are times when adaptation requires us to deceive just to persist there’s an

deceive just to persist there’s an

deceive just to persist there’s an octopus that like you blend and become

octopus that like you blend and become

octopus that like you blend and become the same pattern and color of anything

the same pattern and color of anything

the same pattern and color of anything that it stands next to imagine leave the

that it stands next to imagine leave the

that it stands next to imagine leave the ability to deceive to blend into the

ability to deceive to blend into the

ability to deceive to blend into the environment to lie to pretend to be part

environment to lie to pretend to be part

environment to lie to pretend to be part of the environment so that it doesn’t

of the environment so that it doesn’t

of the environment so that it doesn’t get attacked or eaten by a predator the

get attacked or eaten by a predator the

get attacked or eaten by a predator the whole evolution of the idea of courtship

whole evolution of the idea of courtship

whole evolution of the idea of courtship in order to reproduce well what do you

in order to reproduce well what do you

in order to reproduce well what do you think courtship is it’s like you’re my

think courtship is it’s like you’re my

think courtship is it’s like you’re my dream you’re everything you’re my

dream you’re everything you’re my

dream you’re everything you’re my destiny I love you more than anyone

destiny I love you more than anyone

destiny I love you more than anyone you’re the most beautiful woman I’ve

you’re the most beautiful woman I’ve

you’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen well perhaps that’s a white

ever seen well perhaps that’s a white

ever seen well perhaps that’s a white lie but that’s our purpose right in

lie but that’s our purpose right in

lie but that’s our purpose right in order to reproduce in certain contexts

order to reproduce in certain contexts

order to reproduce in certain contexts not being completely truthful is the

not being completely truthful is the

not being completely truthful is the right thing that if we are pressed to

right thing that if we are pressed to

right thing that if we are pressed to partake in white lies for a greater good