JoshuaZ comments on Open Thread: June 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 02 June 2010 05:44:34AM 1 point [-]

Yes, this is connected to the existence of suicide epidemics. The most famous example is the ongoing suicide epidemic over the last fifty years in Micronesia, where both the causes and methods of suicide have been the same (hanging). See for example this discussion.