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8051: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun
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From: Adam Wiggins <adam@mail.angel.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 13:23:30 -0700 (PDT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Marian Griffith wrote:
> On Tue 28 Jul, Koster, Raph wrote:
> > (have you heard of the tests whereby they took a random group of
> > perfectly nice people, and told them, "if you press that button, it
> > gives an electric shock to a test subject in another room"? An actor
> > screamed when the button was pressed; they all pressed it A LOT).
>
> I learned about that experiment. I also remember that most people who
> pushed that button where distinctly unhappy about it and needed some
> authority figure to 'justify' their actions, so the example does not
> entirely apply. The observation that people pushed that button more
> easily if they could not see their victim suggests that you are for
> the most part right however.
Anyone have a URL or something where one could read about this? Sounds
interesting.
Adam