Chapter 2 – Obscura
Summary
The author discussed Milgram’s experiment in which he presented people with a scenario that tested obedience. Participants were asked to shock someone with increasing voltages whenever he answered a question wrong. It was all staged though and no one really got injured. But she wanted to investigate the meaning behind this experiment, since it got so much negative publicity. She found it showed far more than most gave it credit for.
Summary
The author discussed Milgram’s experiment in which he presented people with a scenario that tested obedience. Participants were asked to shock someone with increasing voltages whenever he answered a question wrong. It was all staged though and no one really got injured. But she wanted to investigate the meaning behind this experiment, since it got so much negative publicity. She found it showed far more than most gave it credit for.
Discussion
Experiments like this are extremely important. Some might call it inhumane, but look at how it affected Jacob. He ended up changing his entire outlook on life just because of how the experiment made him see himself. This is a groundbreaking revelation, and anything that gets people talking as much as Milgrim’s work did makes his work successful no matter what people might say about it.
Experiments like this are extremely important. Some might call it inhumane, but look at how it affected Jacob. He ended up changing his entire outlook on life just because of how the experiment made him see himself. This is a groundbreaking revelation, and anything that gets people talking as much as Milgrim’s work did makes his work successful no matter what people might say about it.
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