Molybdenumblue comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 5 - Less Wrong
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I have always had the impression that, in real life, people treat very small probabilities of being caught as zero, however severe the punishment. Maybe I'm wrong, but if I'm right torturing criminals isn't a good strategy.
That depends on how available the punishment is.