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This was a silly suggestion.

Did you not realize that almost all crimes that have ever been committed, very much including by smart accomplished people with a lot to lose, violated and belied this theory of rational behavior?

It's keep your job and your freedom if you're not caught.

Sure. I guess this explains the size of the US prison population.

Call me back when the US prison population is full of corporate executives.

One thing I've been realising over the last few years is that that prison population is almost completely unrelated to actual crime rates.

My standard example is heroin, which is in the most severe rating category of illegal drug. In the UK, the number of users of just that drug on its own is close to triple the entire prison population.

You don't end up in prison if there isn't anyone to testify against you.

Reminds me a bit of Death Note.

So, you kill all the people investigating this death as well? Spund logic, really, sound logic...

This is the calculus for every crime, and yet somehow crimes happen.