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> There are accusations that a teacher sexually molested somebody, but the investigations never went anywhere; do you hire that teacher? I don't think parents a
by concordDance 7y ago
> There are accusations that a teacher sexually molested somebody, but the investigations never went anywhere; do you hire that teacher? I don't think parents are about to blame you for not hiring that teacher.
That has bad externalities. In particular, you'd be creating perverse incentives for people to make accusations against those they dislike (or threaten to do so), a very asymmetric weapon that benefits liars more than anyone else.
- jjeaff 7y agoYes, it does. So I guess you will be hiring that teacher and putting your own children in their class, right?
- karlp 7y ago..yes? What's the problem with that?
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- threatofrain 7y agoI agree there are perverse incentives and an asymmetry to power, but I'm not the one creating things, I'm making an observation of the land.
- concordDance 7y agoThat "you" was in the sense of "one, not in the sense of "threatofrain". That particular confusion in the English language is probably responsible for a noticeable amount of drama in the world...