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This Infamous Scientific Experiment on Torture Has Lessons for the Resistance

In 2015, the Milgram electric shock study was replicated in Poland with similar results. Approximately 90 percent of people thought they were applying increasingly painful shocks to actors, pursuant to a scientist’s order until they reached the end of the experiment—demonstrating people’s weakness to authority versus their own moral code.

This Infamous Scientific Experiment on Torture Has Lessons for the Resistance

[DIGEST: IFLS, LA Times, Psycnet, NYT; scu.edu, Harvard.edu]

The controversial Milgram obedience experiments, where participants believe they are delivering increasing electric shocks to actors as directed by the lead scientist, have been replicated as recently as 2015. Despite pleas for mercy from the “victim,” most participants complete the experiment to its end. Social scientists indicate that an innate inclination to submit to authority will triumph over conflicting personal values, rendering society vulnerable to authoritarian leadership.

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