Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial and error.

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins.

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families.

Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour?