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DanArmak comments on New censorship: against hypothetical violence against identifiable people - Less Wrong Discussion

22 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 December 2012 09:00PM

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Comment author: DanArmak 26 December 2012 11:31:28PM 0 points [-]

Is there good data on whether this is effective as deterrence? I don't expect it could be effective as punishment: I would expect it to increase despair and poverty, and so to increase chances of recurrent attempts.