timtyler comments on Why Support the Underdog? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 05 April 2009 09:55:00AM 6 points [-]

Partly our empathy circuits. Humans like to help - and like to be seen to be helping. The underdog is the party that most obviously needs assistance.