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DECEPTION

DECEPTION. Justin Tomes Art and Organism 2014 Senior: Environmental Studies, Watersheds, and Education . DECEPTION. Deception- propagating beliefs that are not true, half-truths, or omissions; to induce a false belief. What is being suggested? What is being concealed?

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DECEPTION

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  1. DECEPTION Justin Tomes Art and Organism 2014Senior: Environmental Studies, Watersheds, and Education

  2. DECEPTION • Deception- propagating beliefs that are not true, half-truths, or omissions; to induce a false belief. • What is being suggested? What is being concealed? • Frauds, hoaxes, lies, jokes, scams, military actions, camouflage, mimicry • “Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.” - Marco Tempest, TED talk

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  15. DECEPTION • Deception is fun- if one condition is fulfilled- do no harm. • Magicians employ deceptive tactics such as misdirection and omission • Trompe l'oeil- to deceive the eye- is an art technique that forces a specific perspective • White lies are often told when the speaker doesn’t want to harm the asker

  16. DECEPTION • Does your perception of the external reality correspond to your internal representations? • Perception is based on unconscious inferences. It is the unconscious in which we find truth- or at least a bias towards the truth. • Scientific analysis pertaining to deception is difficult. • Your perception is not objective • It is not public knowledge (even if you post constant Facebook updates) • First impressions are not replicable

  17. DECEPTION • “I’m dead tired, my mind playing tricks, deceit A face in the glass, unable to admit defeat All that I am, all that I was is history The past unraveled, adding insult to this injuryI’m fighting the battle for the soul of the centuryDestiny is everything that I pretend to be” Sleep– The Roots • Fake it ‘til you make it.

  18. D.ECEPTION • At a young age we learn to deceive others, gaining the skill to lie in order to avoid blame and punishment • “A survey of university professors found that 94% thought they were better at their jobs than their average colleague… A survey of one million high school seniors found that … all students thought they were above average [in their] ability to get along with others… and 25% thought they were in the top 1%” (Gilovich 1991, 77)

  19. DE.CEPTION • Many prey species have developed phenotypic traits • Crypsis- avoid detection by other organisms (camouflage) • Mimicry- evolved perceived characteristics (owl moth “eyes”) • Plants that lack certain floral parts can attract pollinators by having the same colors as neighboring flowers • Deceiving others with malicious intent (e.g. greed or power) is a powerful tool, but may ultimately cause the most harm

  20. DECE.PTION • Originally classified as psychopathology, self-deception has been recognized as contributing to an individual’s fitness • Provides a “cognitive camouflage” (e.g. masking fear) • Widespread occurrences of self-deception indicate that not all of us are pathological and can be viewed as a cognitive strategy to reduce angst

  21. DECEP.TION • Attempts at deception can be measured via heart rate, galvanic skin response (measures skin conductivity; based on amount of sweat) • Various lie-detecting tests are biased towards innocent people who fear the consequences, thus providing a false positive • Changes with regional blood flow in the brain can be detected via fMRI - mostly in the premotor, motor, and parietal cortex areas

  22. “Hot River” By Edgar Mueller

  23. Resources • Acknowledgements • Art & Organism 2014 students • Dr. Neil Greenberg • Donnie Theo III • References • Coplan, Jeremy D., et al. 2012. The relationship between intelligence and anxiety: an association with subcortical white matter metabolism. Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience (3) 8. • Mele, Alfred E. 1997. Understanding and explaining real self-deception. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (20) 127-134. • Peter, Craig L. and Steven D. Johnson. 2008. Mimics and magnets: the importance of color and ecological facilitation in floral deception. Ecology (89)1583–1595. • Radiolab, 2014. Deception. Season 4 Episode 2. Accessed April 11th 2014. http://www.radiolab.org/story/91612-deception/ • Story, Louise. 2007. Anywhere the Eye can See, It’s Likely to See an Ad. New York Times online. Accessed March 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/business/media/15everywhere.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 • Theo, Donald III. Mentalist. Blog: http://dontheo3.blogspot.com/. Email correspondence. March-April 2014.

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