HSRP-484
Contact between groups, visible refusal and a wider circle of obligation loosen the line; whether any of them ends the hive mode is not yet found.
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1. Header
2. The claim, in full
Contact between groups, visible refusal and a wider circle of obligation loosen the line; whether any of them ends the hive mode is not yet found.
Cited on: /the-hive-mind, US AND THEM › What loosens the line. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W1c-19.
3. What it rests on
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Contact between groups "typically reduces prejudice", a review of the randomized studies agrees, though such studies are few and the effects are weaker for ethnic and racial prejudice [SRC-829]. Visible refusal lowers compliance. In Milgram's obedience studies, compliance nearly vanished when two peers defied the experimenter [SRC-857] [SRC-424]. Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe differed from bystanders in drawing their circle of obligation wider than their own group [SRC-858]. Whether any of these ends the hive mode, rather than moving its line, is not yet found; it is not yet known whether it will be.
Source: none linked in the register
No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.
4. Sources
No source is linked to this observation in the register.
5. Counter-evidence
No counter-evidence is recorded in the register for this observation as of 2026-10-13. No search for counter-evidence has been recorded for this observation.
6. Why this grade
contact PROBABLE; visible refusal ESTABLISHED (laboratory); rescuers' wider circle PROBABLE
The register defines PROBABLE as: Well supported, but an interpretation or connection across sources rather than something a source states directly.
7. Correction history
8. Related observations
No related observations are linked in the register.
9. Where this appears on the site
Content pages that cite this observation inline:
- The Programmable Hive Mind“Contact between groups, visible refusal and a wider circle of obligation loosen the line; whether any of them ends the hive mode is not yet found — contact PROBABLE; visible refusal ESTABLISHED (laboratory); rescuers' wider circle PROBABLE”
10. Open questions
Not yet recorded for this observation.
11. Machine block
The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:
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"title": "Contact between groups, visible refusal and a wider circle of obligation loosen the line; whether any of them ends the hive mode is not yet found.",
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"note": "Cited on: /the-hive-mind, US AND THEM › What loosens the line. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W1c-19.",
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