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To: smokingfrog
In the Sixties, a groundbreaking series of experiments found that 65 per cent of us would kill if ordered to do so.

65 percent of "us" weren't around in the 60's. Or were just toddlers.

No, some researchers decided that 65% of those they experimented on were likely to kill someone on orders. I doubt much else was "proven."

8 posted on 01/08/2011 6:03:38 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

Yes, that is the biggest problem with all psychology experiments; they’re all performed on the same people - young western college students. And then the researcher tries to generalize what he’s learned about that demographic as if it necessarily applied to all demographics.


11 posted on 01/08/2011 8:42:23 AM PST by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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