Oh, that's better than I thought.
Nov. 1st, 2009 02:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gaudiorSo, lots of people know about the Milgrim experiment, wherein people were ordered to shock a confederate to the point of apparently killing him. And we're always shocked to hear that people did it-- it tells us a lot about authority and will and how fascism works.
The thing I didn't know was the percentage that refused. While it's true that the majority went on and shocked the person apparently to death-- it's not that big a majority.
35% of people wouldn't do it. When the experiment was repeated (in a kinder and gentler and less traumatic fashion) in 2006 by Burger, that number was 30% and 36% in two different conditions.
A third of people wouldn't do it.
So... be part of that third. And show other people that they can do it, too.
--R
The thing I didn't know was the percentage that refused. While it's true that the majority went on and shocked the person apparently to death-- it's not that big a majority.
35% of people wouldn't do it. When the experiment was repeated (in a kinder and gentler and less traumatic fashion) in 2006 by Burger, that number was 30% and 36% in two different conditions.
A third of people wouldn't do it.
So... be part of that third. And show other people that they can do it, too.
--R
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Date: 2009-11-02 12:18 am (UTC)On the other hand, I still take to heart one of the things I learned from my first-grade teacher: Never volunteer for something until you know what you're volunteering for.