The fatal flaw with a lot of these studies is determining whether the subject *really* believed that they were going to cause serious harm and/or death to the other person. Killing someone is illegal therefore it is reasonable to believe that a game show (which will be shown on television) would not really kill someone. As a participant, you may not know or understand how the system is working, but the standard appeal to authority is that someone must know what is going on and they wouldn't really let you kill that other person, just like everyone knows that pro wrestling is staged but don't necessarily know how. It *looks* like they might kill each other hitting them over the head with a folding chair but everyone knows it is pretend because if it were real, it wouldn't be allowed.
Judah On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Given that the Milgram experiment is so basic. I'm still surprised, or > rather disappointed that people still fall for this. I recently read > that the classic Migram study was replicated, with similar results. > What's really amazing about those results is that the students who > participated had recently finished a chapter on the social psychology > of obedience and the Milgram study. In the 45 years or so since > Milgram not much has changed. > > larry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313660 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
