Zvi comments on Why Don't People Help Others More? - Less Wrong
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Somebody probably broke their leg next door behind just a curtain, and only 70% of the study subjects would go help? And only 7% would help if another person is in the room and the other person doesn't go? Is anyone else very surprised by how low these numbers are? I would have expected something like 95% and 50%.
I am curious if they collected data for how often they said something on the assumption the other researcher should go, especially if they saw the back as private.
The subjects were (falsely) told that the other researcher was another student taking the same survey.
Interesting. This raises my level of surprise a bit.