Still your argument doesn't exactly explain the results of the Stanford Prison Experiment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
But I have to disagree. it provides a very good explanation of the willing participation in the Holocaust, Rwanda, various riots etc. On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:313681 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
