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As the Stanley Milgram experiments show, most people will do horrible things to others when they can tell themselves that someone else is responsible Turns out
by aaronbrethorst 6y ago
As the Stanley Milgram experiments show, most people will do horrible things to others when they can tell themselves that someone else is responsible
Turns out this isn't accurate. See https://theconversation.com/milgram-was-wrong-we-dont-obey-authority-but-we-do-love-drama-36604 https://theconversation.com/milgram-was-wrong-we-dont-obey-a...
But as my detective work in the Yale Archives has revealed, in the filmed version of the experiment 65% of participants disobeyed. Yet Milgram edited his film to show the opposite: that two-thirds will do as they’re told.
- arethuza 6y agoThat still means 35% of people are happy giving others serious electric shocks if told to by an authority figure? Not as bad as 65% but still pretty bad!
- btilly 6y agoGiven the many replications of variations of Milgram's experiments, any flaws in his original experiment don't detract from the overall result. See https://behavioralscientist.org/how-would-people-behave-in-milgrams-experiment-today/ https://behavioralscientist.org/how-would-people-behave-in-m... for some of that replication data.