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It shows that modest, swift, carefully metered punishment is a lot more effective than the more traditional slow, but heavy punishment. I thought we basically
by sliverstorm 11y ago
It shows that modest, swift, carefully metered punishment is a lot more effective than the more traditional slow, but heavy punishment.
I thought we basically already knew that? I thought we had already shown in studies that swiftness & certainty of punishment are more effective deterrents than severity.
- dlss 11y agoIt's not obvious to me that I wouldn't be seeing a comment just like yours on a study finding the opposite. "We already know people just do what they want if the consequences are minor" Consider: > Hindsight will lead us to systematically undervalue the surprisingness of scientific findings, especially the discoveries we understand—the ones that seem real to us, the ones we can retrofit into our models of the world. http://lesswrong.com/lw/im/hindsight_devalues_science/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/im/hindsight_devalues_science/
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIndeed, this is something we've known since time immemorial. It's even in the Bible: Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil. - (Ecclesiastes 8:11)