CronoDAS comments on The Social Coprocessor Model - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 17 May 2010 04:55:31AM 4 points [-]

Would people just let a man grabbing a woman and spanking her happen? No one calls the police? There's no bouncer?

Probably.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 17 May 2010 10:25:32AM *  4 points [-]

Bouncers are a way to get around the bystander effect.

Comment author: orthonormal 17 May 2010 10:05:08PM 6 points [-]

Hey, I never thought of that— having a designated person to come over and break up a fight is probably more valuable than a naive analysis would reckon, not even counting the other security benefits.