Sexually evil

Yvonne 2022-03-24 09:01:55


The two-week mock prison-inmate experiment spiraled out of control the next day and intensified. In such a hypothetical situation, what exactly inspired those characters? And Millgram's experiment of obedience to authority, what principles control the heart? Both experiments made a conservative estimate of human nature, and the actual results were astounding. Think of the good and evil. We have a very strong evil within us, so strong that you have no idea how strong it is.
Being able to judge a person mainly depends on what he is like after he takes power. People who are so scolding now are a virtue once they become officials.

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The Experiment quotes

  • [first lines]

    Tarek Fahd, Häftling Nr. 77: [voiceover, reading newspaper ad] Test subjects wanted. Earn 4000 marks for a 14-day experiment in a simulated prison.

  • [last lines]

    Nachrichtensprecher: [voiceover - spoiler] The tragic outcome: two dead, three injured, among them project leader Professor Klaus Thon. Clearly, the experiment went out of control after two days. The district attorney is investigating two possible manslaughter charges and several charges of abuse and negligence. One of the test participants has been arrested. The project direction will probably have to answer to a court. According to statements by one of the scientists, the escalation might have been prevented by aborting the experiment earlier.