thomblake comments on Schelling fences on slippery slopes - Less Wrong

179 Post author: Yvain 16 March 2012 11:44PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 17 March 2012 05:45:04AM 18 points [-]

You know... if I actually yelled "Fire!" in a theater I think I'd just end up with people looking at me like I was a dick.

Comment author: thomblake 28 March 2012 03:08:46PM 15 points [-]

The example when coined almost certainly was a reference to the famous Italian Hall Disaster in which it seems 73 people died because of someone falsely yelling "fire".