I don't see the point of this article. In group and out group is just a conceptualization of competition. That's how we improve ourselves and how we evolved.

I don't see the point of this article. In group and out group is just a conceptualization of competition. That's how we improve ourselves and how we evolved. It's the basis of capitalism and so many other things. I have no trouble "extending equal compassion to foreign earthquake victims and hurricane victims in our own country". I might not donate equally but that's not a proper measure of empathy. There is no accurate measure for that. The scientists of Nautilus will never understand that because they've been trained to only publish things based on collected data. "world’s leading thinkers" [1] my butt! [1] http://m.nautil.us/about http://m.nautil.us/about