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To: SpaceBar

The last two years taught me that humans don’t need much coercion to become monsters.
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I’ve been thinking that too. Remember that ‘prison guard’ test at a college. Normal students began acting like sociopathic guards in a short amount of time.

Still, I’m surprised at how fast and how many fell. :(


10 posted on 12/13/2021 8:45:14 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote
Remember that ‘prison guard’ test at a college. Normal students began acting like sociopathic guards in a short amount of time.

Are you referring to the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

The Milgram Experiment is likewise very enlightening:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

Regards,

22 posted on 12/13/2021 9:55:39 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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