And what this means is-- one reason why people are so bad in groups is because you could diffuse your responsibility.

它的意思是…,为什么群体中的人会表现出恶行,其中一个原因是你能分散你的责任。

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If there's a group, responsibility to help decreases and this is captured in different ways but the main idea is we all think someone else will help so we don't. There's a diffusion.

如果是一群人，帮助的责任就会分散变小,这体现在多个方面,但最主要的想法就是我们都认为别人会帮助,所以我们就不帮助了，责任被分散了。

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On the other hand, if somebody says, "Somebody call the police," well, I got things to do and so diffusion of responsibility explains both when we're willing to do terrible things and also when we're willing to help people who are in trouble.

但是如果有人叫，“来人，快报警”,“我有事要忙”,责任分散,既能解释我们在什么情况下会干坏事,也能解释我们在什么情况下会帮别人。

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Responsibility becomes diffuse.

责任被分散出去了。

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