Some education fot the children on the board.Follow

Yeah, and don't forget to throw in a Lord of the Flies reference too.

Yay!

Why does Wikipedia hate the Jews?

I wonder if there are people that actually think that people as a whole are willing to stand up for what they think is right at the time they're able to. Seems like I've heard of this experiment at least every year for last few years for some reason.

But I'm kinda guessing the reason people are willing to go through experiences much like in this miligram experiment is due to how they're talked down to making the "teacher" from the experiment seem like a person in power, and people have the basic instinct to believe that those in power must have good reasoning power due to being in power. Kinda exemplified by some people acting offended if you say something bad about Bush or question the thoughts being taught in a highschool class(like questionable facts about certain things in a history class like how bad were some people considering their actual positions in the world at the time), or how you may not really question what your given as a prescription by a doctor who may simply be prescribing something he's getting kickbacks for or something rather than prescribing something that could be of more help.

Also sheep are much nicer than many of the people who are described as sheeplike so please don't use that phrase "sheeplike" because it really seems like a putdown on sheep as a whole.

No most people think that they would stand up for they believe, when in reality, you, I, and nearly everyone else wouldn't. No matter how much we think we're diffrent than the unwashed masses.

Speak for yourself, I've always stood for what I believe regardless of the consequences.


Yes, yes, I know. You're a unquie snowflake :)

Gee, I wonder why that would be...

The Milgram experiments were interesting for a lot of reasons. The subjects, both sets, were led to their respective actions gradually. Giving people time to adjust to lower and lower standards (of living, of behavior, of leadership) is an old but effective tactic. The analogy you hear is that of turning up the heat gradually.

It is very, very difficult to stand up to someone in authority, particularly with peers around, and say "No". It's easier, of course, if you're prepared. In the real world, no one is.

I guess when I say people like to think that people as a whole won't stand for that kind of crap I mean humans have that basic thought process that if THEY were in that position they'd have taken action.


Couldn't be more the opposite.

People will litterally rip other people limb from limb if they are in a cowd of people who seem to think it's the right thing to do.

I have my own set of convictions I live by. If I happen to take a stance like any majority it is because I have come to my own conclusions on the subject. Unlike most people I have met, I actually do things for a reason and purpose.


Not to belabor the point, but that's what everyone says and then they fall right into line and push the button.

I have a litmus test for things I undertake Smash. if it has no reason or purpose then I don't do it. I'd take one look at a man shouting like a meth addict (which Hitler was btw) and group him in with the fundie nuts and pro-socialists.

I dont like Bush or Kerry and have no convictions that either one would make a good leader of the Executive Branch. What percent of Americans are undecided?

I wonder what percent of that percent actually hold the conviction they both suck?

I wonder what percent of that percent actually hold the conviction they both suck?

Most of them.

I rest my point, there will always be a segment in the American population that wont follow the whims of the herd.

funny I thought he was an eagle not a craven