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Would they do it enough times for such observation to have any statistical significance?
by golergka 9y ago
Would they do it enough times for such observation to have any statistical significance?
- recursive 9y agoThat misses the point. If you designed a bridge, and you died if it failed in one trial, how would this affect your design process?
- Smushman 9y agoI believe this method falls strictly under deterrence. It is not possible to extract more punishment on an individual than their death, technically, unless you believe in an afterlife. It is not punitive and meant to 'correct' the builder; it is meant to 'prevent' the builder from cutting corners.
- emiliobumachar 9y ago"It is not possible to extract more punishment on an individual than their death, technically, unless you believe in an afterlife." Not true at all. Not that I'd recommend it, but there's torture, and punishing family. They were far less outrageous in Ancient times.
- nkrisc 9y agoLikely they were not familiar with the scientific method and statistics as we know it today.
- thfaway 9y agoYou mean, they didn't know how to make a lie believable using science?