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The Milgram Experiment

Before it was illegal to do psychology experiments on humans, Dr. Milgram did this test to see what people will do simply if they're told to.

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10/14/2006 7:04:08 PM

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GregP : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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1213 days 14 hours ago...

Twisted but true. This actually happened, not the video the experiment. 65 percent of those who participated actually delivered a maximum dose.

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bigslick77 : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

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1213 days 14 hours ago...

^ Yeah, It's crazy to think... more than half of people will KILL somebody if they accept no responsibility for it.

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Nictron7 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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1213 days 13 hours ago...

I read about this study in intro phyc

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Violetninja420 : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

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1213 days 2 hours ago...

So true, they did this after all those nazis said they were just following orders. Free thinkers and the free of will make for poor soliders. and that milgram guy didnt have any real power over this dude, no gun to buddys head, just, "continue please."

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Muufley : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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1212 days 22 hours ago...

^^ That's true, I've heard about this experiment when I was still going to school, also the part about the nazi's, makes you think doesn't it.

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kam : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

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1212 days 22 hours ago...

You have to be pretty evil to follow such an order. Using authority is just an excuse. Any good person would have strangled the scientist and rescued the poor girl in the chamber. And any good aligned german would have left germany or defied Hitler. The NAzis were evil and they later used orders as an excuse.

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Joner : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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1212 days 22 hours ago...

Becoming an electrican myself, HOLY FUCK 450 VOLTS?!?!

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b3x : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

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1212 days 22 hours ago...

well i think if u know u have the right to not to continue, u will stop doing it, and just sit there.
the scientist has choosen the word they use correctly. they used "please", which mean u have the right to say "no"

thats what ppl always do not know what to do when comes to situation like this, while they have a choice and a weak mind, weak mind wins.

a strong free and ethical minded person will know his right, and will insist even he has to sit there whole day doing nothing, he will not touch the button.

the research also shows how people was so un-informed back then, now even child knows how to argue with thier parents.

learn to say "no". get informed. get educated. nice post. 5/5.

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jimmylovespancakes : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

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1212 days 22 hours ago...

I saw this coming, I knew that the learner was never being shocked......This stuff is crazy, but its stuff like this that shapes our society...Believe it or not we are all under some kind of psychological influence everyday

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alexhasbigballs : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

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1212 days 22 hours ago...

^^^^^
Totally agree

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D! : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

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1212 days 21 hours ago...

First off, it's NOT illegal to do psychology experiments on humans. I'm in the middle of some right now myself. This study did raise some ethical questions, but it wasn't illegal. Milgram DID consider the well being of his subjects, and arranged for them to have therapy if they wanted it, and to complain if they wanted, and to have all sorts of recourse. Most of them said it didn't bother them, and many of the ones who said it DID obther them reported that they were glad they learned this about themselves.

Second off, most people obey authority, almost without thinking. That little bit of knowledge sort of cuts through the crap with political debates. The simple fact of tha matter is, the reason most republikkkans sound like psychotics or retards half the time is that they are bending over to OBEY. So if they ignore contrary evidence, or have seemingly little touch with reality, or appear to parrot meaningless catch phrases over and over- well, you have to remember they are highly motivated to conform and obey authority.

THIS IS NOT SIMPLY MY OPINION! The milgram experiments were the first of many decades of experiments on this phenomenon- called authoritarianism- and it turn out that- YOU GUESSED IT- right wingers are much, much more likely to obey authority, conform, and act aggressively toward others (with the approval of said authorities). Sure- lots of people have this tendency, but it is MUCH, MUCH more pronounced in right wingers.

If you don't believe me, read anything by the adorno group from the university of california, or anything by bob altemeyer in particular. He's got relatively recent books entitled "The authoitarian specter" and "Enemies of freedom."

They detail decades of research on these people, and it would be good for everyone to understand why right wingers are a bunch of conforming pussies like this guy was. The only difference is most of them today probably wouldn't feel bad about it like he did.

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user_name : LVL 7: VP 1.6: said:

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1212 days 21 hours ago...

authority my ass, everyone should question their surroundings, why am i the one who is delivering the shocks? why is that white jacket guy doing nothing but insisting on continuing? no one in their right mind would take responsibility for murder.

sad bastards can't think for themselves rofl. i'd like to see the actual experimental videos, especially the ones where people who have the balls to tell the doc off.

i'm pretty sure more would have stopped, if the one getting shocked was a kid :P

kid: "ah you mother fuker, stop shocking me"
teacher: "wrong answer 450volts bitach!"

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Dr. Strangelove : LVL 6: VP 1.5: said:

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1212 days 21 hours ago...

I agree. Humans have a tendancy to follow the leader and do as we're told. It's nice to see more people in this day and age taking accountability for their thoughts and actions. Personal accountability is crucial for us as sovereign beings to live ethical and progressive lives. We were gifted a mind capable of abstract thought by the universe, let us use it my friends!

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bigslick77 : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

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1212 days 21 hours ago...

This video as you can probably all see is done by actors. I posted this one because I couldn't get the real one onto spiked.. The real video can be found at:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6266248749244746109&q=milgram

It also shows different conditions in which the experiment was done. Very interesting stuff

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JonGuzman : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

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1212 days 21 hours ago...

I'd stop the second he said "let me out of here"

that scientist would'nt intimidate me

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