Eugine_Nier comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 5 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 29 November 2010 06:15:58AM * 3 points [-]

I have always had the impression that, in real life, people treat very small probabilities of being caught as zero, however severe the punishment.

That depends on how available the punishment is.