So how does the problem look when the “mugger” “only” asks of you something that (as best you can determine?) doesn’t cost you anything and doesn’t benefit them either?
Attention is a scarce resource. Listenning to the “mugger” already costs me something.
True, but you don’t know what the person (not yet known to be a mugger) is saying until you listen! And you can’t quite avoid that cost unless you avoid all communication with strangers (though some consider that route reasonable).
Attention is a scarce resource. Listenning to the “mugger” already costs me something.
True, but you don’t know what the person (not yet known to be a mugger) is saying until you listen! And you can’t quite avoid that cost unless you avoid all communication with strangers (though some consider that route reasonable).