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Winnifred 2022-04-04 08:01:01

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, getting the wrong electric shock, gradually increasing the power according to the wrong number of times, and finally reaching 450 volts that the human body can't bear. The volunteers were all good citizens, and the subjects were staff members who were arranged to receive no electric shocks, just yelling or pretending to faint. The vast majority of volunteers hesitated, asked to stop, suffered, and sweated during the experiment, but in the end they all executed the instructions without being coerced, and used the maximum amount of electricity for the subjects, even if they already knew the subjects. Can't make a sound, can't answer questions. Only one of the volunteers was furious during the experiment and categorically refused to continue the shock. (This is 0%. The ratio of 1 I think is the fire of Prometheus) and then concluded that human nature has the instinct to obey, even if there is no threat of violence, people in their work will separate me from my work, so that they can Explain why so many ordinary Germans were involved in the slaughter of Jews, who had no problems with their personal morality (also covered in The Reader), the one who sent thousands of innocent Jews away Eichmann, the gas chamber executioner, did not consider himself guilty when he was tried, he was just completing a work order. Almost all ordinary people think that they will not hurt others, but the results of the experiment are surprising. There is another experiment in the film. Of the six people, five are staff and only one is a volunteer. To give a line drawing, just point out two lines of the same length. The five people gave the wrong answer, and the volunteers followed suit. This is herd mentality. The mentality of obedience and the mentality of conformity lead to a collective unconscious state, and the famous "The Crowd" and "1984" expounded on a similar problem. However, the experiment is widely controversial, the deception in the experiment (if the experiment is not deceived, and the subjects are directly told that they will not be electrocuted, how can it be carried out) and the conclusion (humans cannot accept their ugly face is the cause of The root of ugliness) hurt the experimenters and the general public, and Migram failed to secure a lifetime seat at Harvard. (It turns out that the love of positive energy is not unique to us.) From this, I thought of a small thing. Before I went to Germany this summer, my best friend asked me if I should bring a parasol, and I said, or I will get a tan! My best friend said, but foreigners don't hold umbrellas, they don't care if they get tanned or not. I said: But why should we be like them? From this, I thought of the paramilitary management that our system is proud of. Obedience and unity are the essence. However, during the non-war period, have we questioned and reflected on whether it is a blessing or a tragedy to sacrifice independent will and self-judgment? The darkness and cowardice in human nature are difficult to explore. The male protagonist always frowns and smiles in the film. Let's end with his sentence: "You can say that we are all puppets, but I think we have Puppets of thinking ability and consciousness, since we realize that we are under control, then perhaps independent thinking ability is our first step towards freedom!" May I myself be a little closer to freedom and be more brave in the new year . #The world is a theater# Let’s end with a sentence: “You can say that we are all puppets, but I think we are puppets with thinking ability and consciousness. Since we realize that we are controlled, perhaps independent thinking ability is the first way to freedom. One step!" May I myself be a little closer to freedom and a little more brave in the new year. #The world is a theater# Let’s end with a sentence: “You can say that we are all puppets, but I think we are puppets with thinking ability and consciousness. Since we realize that we are controlled, maybe independent thinking ability is our first step towards freedom. One step!" May I myself be a little closer to freedom and be more brave in the new year. #The world is a theater#

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  • Stanley Milgram: I believe we are puppets with perception, with awareness. Sometimes we can see the strings. And perhaps our awareness is the first step in our liberation.

  • Stanley Milgram: Human nature can be studied but not escaped, especially your own.