CronoDAS comments on The Social Coprocessor Model - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Blueberry 16 May 2010 02:37:50PM 1 point [-]

We do. That's one of the functions of reputation and gossip among humans, and also the purpose of having a legal system. But it doesn't work perfectly: we have yet to find a reliable punisher, and if we did find one it would probably need to constantly monitor everyone and invade their privacy.

Comment author: CronoDAS 16 May 2010 09:31:35PM 1 point [-]

Yet another reason why people invented religion...