MixedNuts comments on Hearsay, Double Hearsay, and Bayesian Updates - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Mass_Driver 16 February 2012 10:31PM

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Comment author: MixedNuts 16 February 2012 04:37:22PM 8 points [-]

An adult with the behavior of a very young child would be declared irresponsible by psychiatrists, and thus couldn't be tried (but could be arrested and committed). It seems reasonable to apply this to children, and they are automatically committed to restrictive institutions already.