thrawnca comments on The Robbers Cave Experiment - Less Wrong

40 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 December 2007 06:18AM

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Comment author: thrawnca 22 July 2016 03:06:16AM 1 point [-]

It appears the key issue in creating conflict is that the two groups must not be permitted to get to know each other and become friendly

Because then, of course, they might start attributing each other's negative actions to environmental factors, instead of assuming them to be based on inherent evil.