Nick--Once again, the wiki oracle speaks, or emits methane, or something...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment On May 24, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Carl, > > I am trying to get my Psych 101 in order: Was the kitty genovese > incident > the one that led to that horrendous series of experiments that > demonstrate > that if you give people a shock console (or what they THINK is a shock > console) and ask them politely to do so, they will cheerfully use > shocks > that they think are lethal, just so long as they are told to? > > reminds me of the stoners that jg showed us at arrowhead, who would > run out > from the crowd, throw a stone, and then sink back into the > anonymity of the > crowd. > > Thought experiment: if all humor were forbidden, would genocide be > possible??? In the Pleistocene context, with many small groups in > desperate conflict for unpredictable resources, what was humor FOR? > > N > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Carl Tollander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 5/24/2007 2:52:28 PM >> Subject: Re: [WedTech] Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid > offending Muslims|the Daily Mail >> >> Nick asks: >>> Do we need a science of Comparative Genocideology? >> >> Closest I've seen that starts to address this is Chapter 15 from >> Philip >> Bobbit's book "The Shield of Achilles" >> titled "The Kitty Genovese Incident and the War in Bosnia". I'll >> bring >> it by FRIAM. >> >> C. > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
