The author tells us that the evolutionary roots of deception and the unconscious mind the subheading of the book accounts for our ease with lying the book addresses some of the fundamental aspects of lying that we are indeed natural born liars that not only is lying found throughout nature but that organisms that lie well are successful. Why we lie the evolutionary roots of deception and the unconscious mind ebook smith david livingstone amazonca kindle store. Why we lie the evolutionary roots of deception and the unconscious mind by david livingstone smith 2007 08 07 david livingstone smith books amazonca. Why we lie the evolutionary roots of deception and the unconscious mind books amazonca skip to main contentca hello sign in account lists account returns orders try prime cart books go search hello select your address . Why we lie is an attempt to prove that deception and self deception are integral trends in our survival and development as human species we have to manipulate and deceive others and ourselves to exist it is an evolutionary development that those who were more skilled and talented in deceiving had more offsprings