Latest comments for http://www.rednow.com , comment 0 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.rednow.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:12:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.rednow.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=381&Itemid=158#pc_105 Although the situations are not identical, this phenomenon you describe reminds me so much of the phenomenon of diffusion of responsibility. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility. In the case that Bob describes, it's as if we believe that the pain suffered by large numbers of people is somehow dispersed across the entire group, lessening each individual's suffering. We only seem to care when it appears to us that only one individual bears the entirety of pain available in a particular plight. - Tim Ferraris Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:46:17 +0100