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I noticed that in Japan (specifically, Kyoto, where I lived) that people would wait for the light to turn green … but, if I made the first move and crossed on r

• Brian_K_White 4y ago
  Now that is quite interesting. It reminds everyone that just because you can observe a behavior like obeying a rule, does not mean you can make assumptions about the cause of the behavior. Maybe they respect rules, or maybe they simply herd and don't like to stand out. Or "you can't make assumptions" means who knows maybe something else entirely like it just never ocurred to anyone. Or maybe "don't like standing out" is yet another merely a behavior with a presumed cause. Maybe they avoid standing out, but not because they don't like it, but because it's penalized. And so on.