Amazon.com description: Product Description: We're strange creatures.and we continue to prove it by periodically doing some really strange things. Things that are dictated not so much by logical thought processes as by a "gut reaction" to a given situation. How can we as intelligent, civilized human beings do so many things that wind up costing us so much money, creating so much conflict and getting us into so much trouble? Are we just warped? Unbalanced? Weird? Misguided? Under a spell? Sinful? Or - are our actions just being heavily influenced by some basic animal instinct? By our mental design and programming that help assure our survival as individuals and as a species? Discover the possible causes of many of our personal and collective conflicts. Learn how our instincts can impact our daily lives and frequently even totally control the things we do.