Friday, 24 December 2010

This is why we're doomed, II.

Humans do not mind torturing people, if they are authorized to do so (Milgram obedience to authority experiments).  I bet the same few who refused were the same few who can listen to reason: "This is why we're doomed".  See also: the Stanford Prison Experiment, and the Hofling Hospital Experiment.

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