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Re:Obedience to Authority: The Experiments by Stanley Milgram by hntrader on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:43PM (#25933670)
I wonder the impact of how widespread the knowledge of the original Milgram experiments is. If the subjects figure that the pain is fake because they've heard about this experiment before they might be more willing to administer the shock.
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Re:Obedience to Authority: The Experiments by Stanley Milgram by cutemonster on Monday February 01, 2021 @07:11PM (#25995909)
I'd think they'd react in the opposite way, if they knew about the test -- that they wouldn't want to be one of the yes sayers.

(And some might have thought that the whole thing was then a waste of their time anyway?)

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