#354：自我欺骗的意外好处 | 尚卡尔·韦丹塔姆 | 更快乐十分之丹·哈里斯

我们的感知并非现实，但我们如何感知事物会改变我们的反应方式。我们的反应方式又会影响现实。大家好，欢迎收听我们的五分钟播客摘要，包含一集节目中的一个引述、三个观点和一个问题。本期节目精选了《10% Happier》中Dan Harris与Shankar Vedantam对谈的精彩内容。

Our perception isn't reality, but how we perceive something changes how we respond. How we respond affects reality. Hey there. Welcome to our five minute podcast summary with one quote, three ideas, and one question from an episode. This episode covers the best ideas from 10% Happier with Dan Harris's episode with Shankar Vedantam.

我们将探讨人们何时更容易相信某些事物、错觉存在的意义，以及如何识破欺骗。本集观点来自Shankar Vedantam，他是一位专注于人类行为和社会科学的记者、作家兼科学通讯员。他最著名的成就可能是其

We explore when we're more likely to believe, the purpose of delusions, and unmasking deceptions. The ideas in this episode are from Shankar Vedanta, who's a journalist, writer, and science correspondent focused on human behavior and the social sciences. He's perhaps best known for his hidden brain family of products, book, podcast, and radio program. Now let's dive into the key ideas. The first idea comes at six minutes, where Shankar says, even when deceptions are unmasked, many of us are unwilling to let go.

这并非因为我们愚蠢，而是因为这些信念和错觉往往与对我们至关重要的事物紧密相连。挑战这些自我欺骗，也意味着挑战我们通过这些信念建立的关系，同时承认自己曾经受蒙蔽。第二个观点出现在约二十九分钟处，Shankar说：当我们思考错觉时，往往过于关注错觉的内容，而忘记了追问更深层的心理问题——错觉最初究竟服务于什么目的。理解错觉的功能和目的并不意味着你必须认同它。理解错觉能为你提供工具， potentially dismantle 危险的错觉，并接纳有用的错觉。

The reason isn't because we're foolish, it's because those beliefs and delusions are often tied up with things that have become important to us. To challenge those self deceptions also means challenging the relationships we've built through those beliefs, as well as admitting that we were once deluded. The second idea comes around twenty nine minutes, where Shankar says, When we think about the delusions, we're often so focused on the content of the delusions that we forget to ask the deeper psychological question of what purpose the delusion serves in the first place. Understanding the function and purpose of a delusion doesn't mean you need to agree with it. Understanding delusions gives you tools to potentially dismantle dangerous delusions and embrace useful ones.

关于第三个也是最后一个观点，Shankar说：当我们被恐惧、惊恐、焦虑或孤独所笼罩时，我们更倾向于抓住那些能帮助我们应对的信念。我们常常产生错觉的原因，是因为存在一种潜在的悲伤或脆弱，我们正试图找到处理方式。当我们置身于那种悲伤之外，如果我们没有共同的悲伤经历，就很容易轻视那些相信某些错觉的人。只有当我们自己处于同样境地时，才会意识到转向此类信念是多么容易。听完这期节目后，我们认为值得反思的一个问题是：你能想到一个有用的自我错觉吗？

For the third and final idea, Shankar says, when we are in the grip of fear or terror, anxiety or loneliness, we are far more likely to reach for beliefs that allow us to cope. The reason why we often become deluded is because there is an underlying grief or vulnerability that we're trying to find a way to deal with. When we're outside of that grief, if we don't share in that grief, it's easy to look down at people who believe in certain delusions. And only when we're in those same situations ourselves do we realize how easy it is to turn to such beliefs. A question that we think is worth reflecting on after listening to this episode is, can you think of a self delusion that is useful?

以上是本期节目的一些精华观点。其他涵盖的话题包括：心理健康的真正含义，以及有心理健康问题的人可能反而对现实有更准确的看法；并非所有自我错觉都是坏的，并举例说明了好的和坏的自我错觉；以及自我错觉如何无处不在，甚至存在于我们未曾意识到的地方。希望我们的播客摘要能让你有所收获和启发。我们还有《The Tim Ferriss Show》、《Hidden Brain》、《Making Sense with Sam Harris》等其他播客的摘要。如果你在Apple Podcasts上收听，可以查看描述中的链接，或在任何其他播客应用中搜索“播客摘要”。

So, those were some of the best ideas from the episode. Some of the other topics covered include what it means to be mentally healthy and how those with mental health issues might be the ones with a more accurate view of reality, how not all self delusions are bad and examples of both good and bad self delusions, and how self delusions are everywhere in life, many in places we don't even realize. We hope you've learned and been inspired by our podcast episode summary. We've got summaries of other podcasts like The Tim Ferriss Show, Hidden Brain, Making Sense with Sam Harris, and more. Check out the link in the description if you're in Apple Podcasts or search for podcast summaries on any other podcasting app.

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