none of us wanted to learn or to find out about why this was so , since the answers to such an important question could turn some of our team topsy-turvy , which meant as divided opponents within a single containment , if we held impractical grudges against one another , or encouraged finger-pointing and scapegoating , then we would become divided and collapsing from within ; this would be ultimately detrimental , especially when it would be necessary to account for some uniform coalition of blame at a worse juncture of our survival .