Great, I wanted to disagree with you a little bit on the evolutionary basis for our discomfort. Nothing could be more frightening Than going into battle without armor if your opponent's armored and although that is a situation that most of us don't Physically literally have to cope with. Some of it is part of the tragedy of the loss of innocence that comes From growing up and having to confront people who aren't nice. It's not easy to find another circle of friends but finding a group of people who are nice is not unimportant.
Podcaster and author Julia Galef talks about her book The Scout Mindset with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Galef urges us to be more rational--to be open-minded about what we might discover about the world--rather than simply defend what we already believe, which she calls the soldier mindset. The conversation is a wide-ranging discussion of our biases and the challenges of viewing the world objectively.