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Invictus: Race harmony and rugby

Conflicts are easy to begin and much harder to patch up. Deep in the human psyche, we divide the social landscape into us and them - in-groups and out-groups. Read More

It's all very insightful but

It's all very insightful but I don't think I see the connection with rugby, what does a sport has to do with all that? I am big rugby fan, I have a full collection of rugby tickets since I go watch this sport whenever I have the chance, should this say anything about me on socially?

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Nigel Barber, Ph.D., is an evolutionary psychologist as well as the author of Why Parents Matter and The Science of Romance, among other books.

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