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There is something fascinating—and deeply revealing—about the psychology of groups. I have seen it for myself. I have been part of a group where loyalty mattered. We stuck together, defended one another and, at least on the surface, operated as a team. There was a sense of us and them : our people on one side, the other group on the other. Then came an argument. One member of our group was accused by a member of the opposing group of having done something wrong. The accusation was emphatically denied. Not merely denied, but denied with considerable outrage. The accused member attacked the person making the allegation. They were portrayed as dishonest, malicious and fundamentally untrustworthy. The argument quickly stopped being about whether the alleged act had happened and became a battle over the character of the person making the accusation. And then I asked a very simple question. Privately, away from the argument and away from the audience, I asked our member whether they had act...