Hate Trump supporters? Hate liberals? Here's why | Marc Lewis

Deep in the brain, your amygdala generates a knee-jerk response to political enemies and other threats. But experiments show the divide can be bridged

I was walking back to my room on the ninth floor of a hotel in Kuala Lumpur last October, and I happened to meet the guy in the room next door, standing in the hall, searching for his key card. We said hi. Clearly we had English in common as a first language (he was American, I'm Canadian).

"It looks like Trump is finally going down," I said. The election was on everybody's mind, and Trump's ratings were sinking that week. The fellow looked at me in a friendly way and said, "Yeah, but he's still got a chance. There's still hope."