-[ Quoting William Elliot , to Dennis Menard ]-
 WE> I may have seen this when you posted it before and have also hear
 WE> about this before.  Both social pressure and false memory are ways of
 WE> defrauding oneself.  As I recall the experiment was abandoned as the
 WE> results were becoming too dramatic, some of the subjects enjoyed what
 WE> they were doing too much.  As I understood, the 'victim' was actually
 WE> acting. -!-
Yes; the "learner" was an actor.  Last summer, there was a documentary re:
Stanley Milgram's experiments of the 1950s.  In one scene, the interaction
between between Milgram and one of the "teachers" was recorded; the teacher,
receiving no response to a question after the last delivery of a shock, was
uncertain whether the subject was okay or not, and suggested that maybe the
guy had had a heart attack, or the like; Stanley was calm, but firm, and
ordered him to continue the experiment - even though the teacher was clearly
concerned.  The teacher provided another jolt, and then another, though he
protested all the way.  A very disturbing picture of "authority."
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