Note to self: Does lighthearted dark humor highlighting risk increase or decrease chances of bad things happening?
Initial speculation: it might have an inverted response curve. One or two people making the joke might increase gravity, everyone joking about it might change norms and salience.
I noticed after playing a bunch of games of a mafia-type game with some rationalists that when people made edgy jokes about being in the mob or whatever, they were more likely to end up actually being in the mob.
Note to self: Does lighthearted dark humor highlighting risk increase or decrease chances of bad things happening?
Initial speculation: it might have an inverted response curve. One or two people making the joke might increase gravity, everyone joking about it might change norms and salience.
I noticed after playing a bunch of games of a mafia-type game with some rationalists that when people made edgy jokes about being in the mob or whatever, they were more likely to end up actually being in the mob.
There’s rationalists who are in the mafia?
Whoa.
No insightful comment, just, like — this Petrov thread is the gift that keeps on giving.
Can’t tell if joking, but they probably mean that they were “actually in the mafia” in the game, so not in the real-world mafia.
Yes, lol :)