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Notwithstanding the hypotheses offered in the article such as scams and supposedly "sharp divides" between tight-knit kinship communities vs. stranger divisions
by otoburb 12y ago
Notwithstanding the hypotheses offered in the article such as scams and supposedly "sharp divides" between tight-knit kinship communities vs. stranger divisions, the Bystander Effect[1] probably was the biggest initial culprit.
The article tries to explain this in a round about way in the first few paragraphs.
[1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
- deleted 12y ago[deleted]
- shangxiao 12y agoI'd be interested to know whether desperate flight would've happened if a Chinese person fainted.
- icebraining 12y ago(Sorry, I deleted my previous comment and re-posted it)
- icebraining 12y agoI can see the bystander effect leading to inactivity, but not to desperate flight!