Open this photo in gallery: People search through buildings destroyed by Israeli air strikes in the southern Gaza Strip in November, 2023.Photo illustration The Globe and Mail; based on photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images Susan Pinker is a psychologist and columnist whose most recent book, The Village Effect, explores the science of social interaction. After working for over 20 years as a social-science journalist, I experienced a “first” last week. I interviewed an expert who was sitting in a bomb shelter. The concrete-reinforced room doubles as an office for Danny Horesh, a clinical psychologist and associate professor of psychology at...