Geoffrey MillerVerified account

If there's a narrative-driven alternative to the other being intentionally malicious, there's a reason to give them the benefit of the doubt.

That...or political disagreement becomes tantamount to racism. Still, humans are so rational and evidence-based that I'm sure it won't come to that.

It's mostly about perception though. Democrats and Republicans are product of different programs activated by the same cues. One sees effort where the other sees sheer luck. The rest is coalition. What worries me is the capacity of most people to learn to be aware of biases

I don't share your optimism. The ideology of "the other" can simply be reframed as genetic inferiority. We've already seen hints of this, e.g. Google trends "Is liberalism a mental illness"

Maybe they could use openness to experience to think about someone else's views.