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THE SHOCK EXPERIMENT THAT PROVED POWER MAKES PEOPLE OBEY
TWO EXPERIMENTS TAUGHT THE WORLD WHAT POWER DOES TO PEOPLE
ONE WAS CRUEL AND CAREFUL AND MOSTLY TRUE
THE OTHER WAS FAMOUS AND GRIPPING AND LARGELY STAGED
FOR FIFTY YEARS WE QUOTED BOTH AS PROOF
ONE STILL HOLDS UNDER SCRUTINY TO THIS DAY
THE OTHER FELL APART THE MOMENT ANYONE CHECKED THE TAPES
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OKAY BACK FROM THE LAB 🔬
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THE MAN IN THE GRAY COAT 🎛️
IN 1961 STANLEY MILGRAM RAN A STUDY AT YALE
HE WANTED TO KNOW WHY ORDINARY PEOPLE FOLLOW CRUEL ORDERS
EACH VOLUNTEER WAS TOLD TO SHOCK A STRANGER FOR WRONG ANSWERS
THE SHOCKS WERE FAKE AND THE STRANGER WAS AN ACTOR
A MAN IN A GRAY COAT STOOD BEHIND THEM AND SAID PLEASE CONTINUE
TWO THIRDS OF THEM WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FINAL SWITCH
WHAT PEOPLE FORGET IS WHAT MILGRAM DID NEXT
HE CHANGED THE SETUP OVER AND OVER
WHEN THE AUTHORITY FIGURE LEFT THE ROOM OBEDIENCE CRASHED
MOVING THE VICTIM CLOSER MADE PEOPLE REFUSE FAR SOONER
THE REAL LESSON WAS NEVER THAT PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
WHAT BENT THE CONSCIENCE WAS DISTANCE AND AUTHORITY
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THE PRISON THAT NEVER REALLY HAPPENED 🚨
TEN YEARS LATER PHILIP ZIMBARDO RAN HIS OWN STUDY AT STANFORD
HE SPLIT STUDENTS INTO GUARDS AND PRISONERS IN A FAKE BASEMENT JAIL
THE STORY SAID POWER ALONE HAD POISONED ORDINARY KIDS
IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGY
THERE IS ONE PROBLEM WITH ALL OF IT
ARCHIVAL TAPES SHOW THE TEAM COACHING GUARDS TO BE CRUEL
ZIMBARDO HAD WRITTEN HIS CONCLUSIONS BEFORE THE STUDY EVEN BEGAN
WHEN OTHERS RERAN IT WITHOUT COACHING THE CRUELTY NEVER APPEARED
IT WAS NEVER PROOF OF ANYTHING AT ALL
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WHAT THE HONEST DATA STILL SHOWS 📊
STRIP AWAY THE MYTH AND SOMETHING REAL REMAINS
MILGRAM HOLDS UP WHERE STANFORD DOES NOT
PEOPLE WILL HARM A STRANGER WHEN AN AUTHORITY TAKES THE BLAME
THAT FINDING HAS BEEN REPEATED IN SOFTER ETHICAL FORMS SINCE THEN
POWER DOES NOT FLIP A SWITCH INSIDE A GOOD PERSON
IT CHANGES THE SITUATION AROUND THEM UNTIL BAD CHOICES FEEL NORMAL
DISTANCE FROM THE VICTIM MAKES CRUELTY EASIER AND PERMISSION FROM ABOVE MAKES IT FEEL ALLOWED
THE SCARY PART IS NO MONSTER IS REQUIRED
JUST A SYSTEM THAT REWARDS OBEDIENCE AND HIDES THE COST
