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Comment author: passive_fist 08 December 2015 12:37:15AM *  3 points [-]

The example they give is actually anti gun control (it is a contrived example of course) and they repeatedly mention that the biases in question affect individuals who identify as left-wing as well as individuals who identify as right-wing.

If you really want to improve people's thinking, you need to focus on your own tribe at least as much as the enemy tribe.

Why? I looked at your linked article and the two articles it links to and I can't find any proof that doing what you say would result in fewer disagreements than not doing that.