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The Psychology of 'Othering'
In this chapter, they discuss how people often justify terrible actions towards others who hold different beliefs or belong to different groups. They highlight that this ability to 'other' people is one of the worst aspects of human beings. They mention a psychological study where participants were divided into two groups based on a coin toss and immediately developed tribal biases against the other group.