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Old 02-24-2013, 02:46 PM   #106 (permalink)
midnight rain
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Originally Posted by Pedestrian View Post
I'm actually willing to bet that, were we all in the situation, more people would actually take advantage of it than believe they would now.

Social desirability bias probably keeps more of us in line in a hypothetical situation than would be restrained if given the real opportunity. These kinds of "scott free" situations have a way of bringing out the absolute worst in humanity.
Truth. You can see how many people will exercise impulse control and atheists would probably be more likely to pull the trigger
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