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Kaj_Sotala comments on Open thread, 30 June 2014- 6 July 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 02 July 2014 04:43:13AM 2 points [-]

It does if others have adaptations for punishing free-riders, or for rewarding non-free-riders.

Comment author: ChristianKl 02 July 2014 08:57:37AM 0 points [-]

Punishing free-riders isn't what I would consider under empathy. I would think that highly dominate people with a lot of testosterone will rather engage in punishing free-riders than empathic people.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 02 July 2014 09:47:05AM *  4 points [-]

I didn't mean that an empathic person would be more likely to punish free-riders. I meant that an empathic person would be less likely to free ride, and thus be less likely to be punished (or more likely to be rewarded).

Comment author: [deleted] 02 July 2014 04:46:45PM 0 points [-]

I dunno, I hear that oxytocin makes you nicer towards your in-group but less nice towards your out-group.

Comment author: ChristianKl 02 July 2014 08:38:12PM 1 point [-]

Would you predict that whites produce less oxytocin than blacks?

Comment author: [deleted] 03 July 2014 08:03:57AM *  0 points [-]

I have no idea.

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