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Romashka comments on Open Thread, Aug. 15. - Aug 21. 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MrMind 19 August 2016 08:16:46AM 0 points [-]

No I don't think, but still Dunbar number are not an exact quantity, first, and second: if you only need to relate to a handful of comrade in your platoon and one higher ranking official, then you can effectively restrict the number of people with whom you have to interact.

Comment author: Romashka 19 August 2016 08:30:28AM *  0 points [-]

I am asking mostly because I have trouble imagining strict segregation in, say, Mongolian hordes; and intuitively, advance (where you have an army of able-bodied men) should be different from retreat (where you have also women, children and infirm men).