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the experiment that proved you'd probably flip the switch too.
means a 1961 psychology study showing ordinary people will inflict apparent harm on a stranger if an authority figure tells them to.
from stanley milgram, a yale psychologist, designed it right after adolf eichmann's trial, wanting to know if germans were uniquely obedient or if anyone would follow orders into atrocity — turns out anyone would.
compliance rate65 percent went to the maximum 450 volts
fake setupthe shocks and the learner's screams were staged
replicated widelysimilar results found across decades and countries since
ethics falloutled directly to modern informed-consent research rules
for instance
eichmann trial — 1961 trial that directly inspired milgram's question
abu ghraib — 2004 scandal often cited as real-world milgram effect
derren brown's push — 2016 tv special restaging obedience for a live audience
stanford prison experiment — 1971 study often paired with milgram on obedience