army1987 comments on Exploiting the Typical Mind Fallacy for more accurate questioning? - Less Wrong Discussion
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This wouldn't reward people who don't steal because they don't want to, but only those so naive that the thought of stealing doesn't occur to them.
I'm not too comfortable with the idea of rewarding ignorance and punishing cynicism.
Worse than that, if most people happened to believe fewer others steal than is true, it would punish people for knowing the truth.