Tackling Terrorists
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There have been lots of studies on the bystander effect.
One I remember was about peoples reaction times to emergency situations. The subject of the experiment was asked to wait in a doctors waiting room, thinking they were there for something else.
The other people in the room were in on the experiment and no matter happened, they all reacted calmly and refused to move.
They started settng of fire alarms, etc and because no -one else in the room reacted, the subject never reacted.
They go o the point oif actually pumping smoke into the room from under one of the doors and still, the subject stayed rooted to his chair.
People will burn to death rather than make a fool of themselves and standing out.
Whenever I hear a fire alarm now, I always leave the building immediately no matter what.