Ordinary Banana

I mean have you MET those outgroup weirdos?

I flout your paradox by volunteering my own intentions: the outgroup is dangerous, so I want to model their future behavior.

it's a form of theology

we recognize in our guts that diagnosis is a hostile and debilitating action

I'd tell you but I am afraid that a functional explanation might sound psychological.

There's a need to explain everything, but you can't explain the outgroup's beliefs with the reasons they give for them, because those are ludicrous.