army1987 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 suspect the figures would vary a lot depending on what country/culture the students are from.
(Also, maybe some of the students had guessed that they were being tested about that, and wanted to screw up the results -- though 30% sounds like a lot for this hypothesis. What were they students of?)