Unscientific quest…
December 19th, 2008In my ever unscientific quest to understand human behavior I came across this article from BBC news called “People ’still willing to torture’”.
Here goes
 Subjects were apparently given electric shocks |
“Decades after a notorious experiment, scientists have found test subjects are still willing to inflict pain on others - if told to by an authority figure.” US researchers repeated the famous “Milgram test“, with volunteers told to deliver electrical shocks to another volunteer - played by an actor. Even after faked screams of pain, 70% were prepared to increase the voltage, the American Psychology study found. Both may help explain why apparently ordinary people can commit atrocities. To read further go to BBC’s site. |