The Liars of Nature

4. Bright colors that warn predators an organism is toxic or dangerous.
5. When one species lays its eggs in the nest of another, tricking them into raising its offspring.
6. Engaging in deceptive behavior to gain an unfair advantage.
8. Ethical theory based on rules and duties rather than consequences.
10. animals falsify honest information for their own gain.
12. Principles explaining how traits are passed from parents to offspring.
16. The belief that one’s group is superior to others, leading to prejudice and in-group favoritism.
19. The concept that work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
22. A moral philosophy where the best action maximizes overall happiness or utility.
23. When one species evolves take advantage of another's pre-existing perceptual preferences.
24. Genes that increase their own transmission, often at the cost of the organism.
25. When two harmful species evolve to resemble each other, reinforcing a shared warning signal to predators.
26. The idea that costly traits serve as honest signals of an organism’s fitness.
27. The theory that people in a hierarchy rise to their level of incompetence.
28. Different strategies organisms use to maximize reproductive success.

1. The occurrence of multiple distinct behavioral strategies within a population.
2. A Chinese philosophical tradition emphasizing living in harmony with the Dao, the fundamental principle of the universe.
3. The ability to manipulate others for personal gain, often involving deception.
7. Animals take advantage of cognitive biases or weaknesses in others.
9. The overuse of shared resources, leading to their depletion.
11. The cognitive bias where people overestimate their own abilities relative to others.
13. A feedback loop where sexual preferences and traits become exaggerated over generations.
14. Describing a situation that is absurdly complex, oppressive, or nightmarish, often in bureaucratic systems.
15. Mental shortcuts or biases that allow deceptive behaviors to go unnoticed.
17. When honesty clashes with social norms, it can lead to rejection.
18. A set of three personality traits—narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—linked to manipulative behavior.
20. A cognitive bias where people with low ability at a task overestimate their competence.
21. When a harmless species imitates the warning signals of a harmful species.