I could easily make the opposite argument: after being forced to spend so much time with $OUTGROUP and (pretend) to tolerate them, you want nothing whatsoever t

I could easily make the opposite argument: after being forced to spend so much time with $OUTGROUP and (pretend) to tolerate them, you want nothing whatsoever to do with them again. Basically good friends makes good neighbors. Given that both your argument and mine seams reasonable, is there some test we can do to figure out which belief is going to pay rent?