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Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029

120 points · 202 comments · bonefishgrill

QuercusMax · 1790267978 · focus · HN ↗
I don't understand why Texas voters support such inhumane conditions. All these "Christians" who support this kind of cruel punishment need to have a "come to Jesus" moment, literally.
1. sfiganio · 1790270145 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. anigbrowl · 1790272095 · focus · HN ↗
    Humans display a reduced set of consistent behavioral phenotypes in dyadic games <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1600451" rel="nofollow">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1600451
    ~30% of people are wired to feel others' suffering constitutes a 'win', even at cost to the themselves as long as they're suffering less than their counterparty. Add in selection effects and it's pretty clear such people could coentrate in particular industries.

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