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The Milgram Experiment's Results Today
- swombat 18y agoI don't really understand why anyone would think that the Milgram experiment applies less today than it did 50 years ago. People who think "it worked because lab coats had more status back then" are really deluding themselves - or perhaps they're being intentionally dishonest for some reason. As the documentary says, people are taught to respect and obey authority. The entire school system, military service and corporate world are exercises in surrendering your will and intelligence to a figure of authority, no matter whether they're right or wrong. As long as those systems are the norm, of course people will do what they're told. Good documentary, in any case.
- mynameishere 18y agoWell, there's the impossibility of getting a good sample. A person who hadn't heard of this experiment already would have to be hopelessly uneducated.