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Alyce 2022-04-04 08:01:01
Obedience to evil is to betray good
You have participated in an experiment where you have the power to shock other people, and the shocks will get bigger and bigger. Will you go electric shock? If the experimenter tells you that this kind of electric shock is safe and will not be dangerous, will you continue the experiment even if...
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Winnifred 2022-04-04 08:01:01
mob
Serious biographical film about the life of Migram, the founder of the obedience experiment. Rigorous and plain narrative style, interspersed with life clips, test setbacks, and evaluations by others. The experiment is very interesting, recruiting volunteers, asking questions to the subjects,...
Gary Shteyngart
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Stanley Milgram: No, no, no, right. Right. But it is a choice. You have to know that I choose you. Every day I choose you.
