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Not very long ago there was a story posted about some boys from a Catholic boarding school in New Zealand(?) who got lost on an island and how it did not turn i
by eitland 5y ago
Not very long ago there was a story posted about some boys from a Catholic boarding school in New Zealand(?) who got lost on an island and how it did not turn into Lord of the Flies. I'll try to find the link, but generally I'll advice to take both science and highly praised fiction (as well supposed debunking of science) with a healthy dose of scepticism.
Edit - DDG keeps getting better, not monotonically, but still, I found this on my first try: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-...
Edit 2 - and here is the discussion from 4 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27375076 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27375076
- metadata 5y agoThis is the story you mention, I believe... https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018746636/the-true-story-of-six-tongan-teenage-castaways-in-1965 https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2...
- ravenstine 5y ago6 boys really doesn't constitute a society besides in its minimal definition. I imagine things may have been different with even just 12 of them since group dynamics can change dramatically. Although I do think we overestimate how easily any group of people can devolve into LOTF when not subjected to governance.