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David Smith interviewed by Huffington Post Live on cults

David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., Â鶹´«Ã½professor of philosophy, was interviewed on Oct. 16th for a story on Huffington Post Live on the topic, “Do Cults Rewire Your Brain?â€

The discussion, hosted by Ricky Camilleri, also included Diane Benscoter, a former cult member,  and Lisa Kerr, author creator of mycultlife.com.

As the former victim of a religious cult, Diane Benscoter discussed how her brain changed when she became devout, forcing her into certain behaviors she wouldn't have normally tolerated. Smith discusses the issues from psychological, cultural and philosophical prospectives.

Smith is the author of Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others and Why We Lie:  The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind. Less Than Human won the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf award for non-fiction.

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