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And general mcchrystal was kind enough to write the forward. i was not invited to write the forward. thank you so much for coming in. i want to get to the book in just one second. on the news of the day, on the claims from russia that they say they may have taken out al baghdadi, theres clearly a lot of skepticism, general. do you believe the russians on this? >> well, i dont know if its true. it almost doesnt matter. its important to take out a leader like al baghdadi, but its not sufficient. i...

Thats how self-deception, level of self-deception the state department is accommodate. libya, syria, all the places weve done things. state department has failed. yemen, iraq, i mean, iran, its altogether, its all completely failing, so as a policy. so, baghdadi is not correct either in that, you know, hes talking about things he wants to do. pete, the most important thing we need to focus on here is not what baghdadi said, its the fact that he said it. that tells me everything by the fact that ...

We all miss reality and this can be our perception of distance or maybe of time passing but these little gradeiations in perception are actually much more widespread and subject to change than we realize. these acts of self-deception infiltrate and influence every major aspect of our lives. joseph halinan is the author of "kidding ourselves." joe, welcome. >> thanks for having me here. talk to me about this notion of self-perception. give us examples of how we do this in everyday life. >> the ea...

>> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. >> you heard her sing good wine and bad decisions. lets talk about the hidden power of self-deception, how to harness the civility not for evil but for good, next.

To some degree or another, we all miss the degree of it. its much more widespread and subject to change more than we realize. the acts of self desemgs influence every aspect of our lives. the author of "kidding ourselves," joe, welcome to cnn. i guess were all guilt and all kids ourselves to some degree. >> to some degree. >> talk about this notion of self-deception. give us examples of how we do this in everyday life. >> the easy one, report cards. researchers found that when they ask people, f...

Hugely important. they proved this a little while ago. researchers in germany took two groups of people and gave them a golf ball. first group, they said, heres ball, go put. the second ball they said this ball has been lucky, go do. >> lucky ball. >> who did better? the people who believed they had the lucky ball did much better than the other group and they repeated with other groups. when they believed they had the lucky ball they believed they performed better. >> what about men and women? w...

Individual. hes a sociopath, but he is much more intelligent than i think most of these people. i think his mind is capable of almost infinite self-deception. i believe unlike a lot of people he tries very hard to emphasize with other people. he tries to sense that owe people have pain also. its mostly intellectual knowledge. he didnt really feel it. he wanted to hurt the world. chapman told me he fantasized in getting hold of a nuclear bomb and maybe blow up a small city, injuring and killing m...

Hes a sociopath, but he is much more intelligent than i think most of these people. i think his mind is capable of almost infinite self-deception. i believe unlike a lot of people he tries very hard to emphasize with a lot of other people. he tries to sense that owe people have pain also. its mostly intellectual knowledge. he didnt really feel it. he wanted to hurt the world. chapman told me he fantasized in getting hold of a nuclear bomb and maybe blow up a small city, injuring and killing mill...

Individual. hes a sociopath, but he is much more intelligent than i think most of these people. i think his mind is capable of almost infinite self-deception. i believe unlike a lot of people he tries very hard to emphasize with a lot of other people. he tries to sense that owe people have pain also. its mostly intellectual knowledge. he didnt really feel it. he wanted to hurt the world. chapman told me he fantasized in getting hold of a nuclear bomb and maybe blow up a small city, injuring and ...

Hes a sociopath, but he is much more intelligent than i think most of these people. i think his mind is capable of almost infinite self-deception. i believe unlike a lot of people he tries very hard to emphasize with a lot of other people. he tries to sense that owe people have pain also. its mostly intellectual knowledge. and he doesnt really fit feel it. he wants to hurt the world. chapman told me he fantasized in getting hold of a nuclear bomb and killing millions of people. >> chapman shot j...