09-29-2024, 11:03 AM
(09-29-2024, 09:05 AM)LightAngel Wrote: It is creepy to think about the fact that it is ingrained in some humans to murder another human if a person in a lab coat tells them to.
Not a person in a lab coat, a person that represents (or appears to represent) some kind of authority.
The variations of the experiment were also interesting, like when there were more than one person giving the "shocks" or when the scientist was not close to the person giving the "shocks".
In the first case the experiment subject would follow the other "shockers" opinions (either in favour or against) and in the second the subject was less likely to follow orders if the person giving the orders was not physically present.
