12∞ · Question 11.8.2
Why do ordinary people obey harmful orders?
In famous experiments of the 1960s, a majority of volunteers continued to give what they believed were painful electric shocks to a stranger because a researcher in a lab coat…
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- Part
- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.8: The Psychology of Going Along
- In print
- Page 377
- ← 11.8.1 · Why are people so good at justifying what they have already done?
- 11.8.3 → · How do intelligent groups make disastrous decisions?
- All of Part 11
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