yeah, but we ended up just burning them and taking turns with her. she was cool with it. she kept wondering why you wanted to the game instead of her house tho lol. trust me, you didn't miss much... ;)
If that were universally true and we could all agree upon it, I might agree with you. Though from a perspective of purpose, I'd say we're neither.. and it's things playing out mechanically. At the same time, we could be reasonably classified as both somewhat rational and somewhat irrational. It's a mess and people sometimes kill each other for their disagreements. No, I'd say that's just one perspective, and even when looking at it that way, isn't entirely such a good thing.
In fact, the experiment was repeated several times with varying distances between the teacher and learner (i.e. the teacher couldn't see or hear the learner, the teacher could only hear the learner, the teacher could see and hear the learner, the teacher was in the same room as the learner and had to physically hold the learner's hand on a plate in order to administer the shocks, and possibly others that I've missed). As you might expect, conformity decreased as the learner got closer to the teacher, but there were still more people conforming than Milgram originally expected.
The human mind is really tricky... There are a lot of interesting articles over the web, I saw a few similar on <a class="user" href="http://www.epsychology.us">http://www.epsychology.us</a> I believe the good thing is that as we learn about how our brain is functioning we can control or change our behaviors.
irelandDec 20, 2007
But If we were 100% rational all of the time people wouldn't say that.
andysanDec 20, 2007
Sure helps to explain the idiotic things people do in the name of political correctness.
Closed AccountDec 20, 2007
yeah, but we ended up just burning them and taking turns with her. she was cool with it. she kept wondering why you wanted to the game instead of her house tho lol. trust me, you didn't miss much... ;)
blagoawDec 20, 2007
If that were universally true and we could all agree upon it, I might agree with you. Though from a perspective of purpose, I'd say we're neither.. and it's things playing out mechanically. At the same time, we could be reasonably classified as both somewhat rational and somewhat irrational. It's a mess and people sometimes kill each other for their disagreements. No, I'd say that's just one perspective, and even when looking at it that way, isn't entirely such a good thing.
Closed AccountDec 20, 2007
In fact, the experiment was repeated several times with varying distances between the teacher and learner (i.e. the teacher couldn't see or hear the learner, the teacher could only hear the learner, the teacher could see and hear the learner, the teacher was in the same room as the learner and had to physically hold the learner's hand on a plate in order to administer the shocks, and possibly others that I've missed). As you might expect, conformity decreased as the learner got closer to the teacher, but there were still more people conforming than Milgram originally expected.
storchidAug 22, 2008
I'm feeling dumb (Nirvana)
cristidiegoDec 2, 2008
The human mind is really tricky... There are a lot of interesting articles over the web, I saw a few similar on <a class="user" href="http://www.epsychology.us">http://www.epsychology.us</a> I believe the good thing is that as we learn about how our brain is functioning we can control or change our behaviors.