Cyan comments on Manufacturing prejudice - Less Wrong

24 Post author: PhilGoetz 03 April 2011 05:26PM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 02 April 2011 07:23:31PM *  12 points [-]

No, no. You just have to have two groups. "- And that was quite sufficient."

Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 April 2011 12:30:18AM 3 points [-]

That shows that given an outgroup people will construct narratives about different value systems. That doesn't support Nazgulnarsil's claim that "we hate not having outgroups because they serve so well to help reassure us in our ingroup values" which is about the artificial construction of outgroups, not what happens after there's an outgroup.