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that the subjects in Milgram's original study were in any way unusual.
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It's also a misreading to say that people are, in general, sadistic.
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You remember from the movie nobody got pleasure from giving the shocks.
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They felt acutely uncomfortable, embarrassed, conflicted,
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under a huge amount of stress. They weren't liking doing this.
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There were follow-up studies. This is the original study.
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If you take it away from Yale, some of the authority goes away, and similarly,
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the extent to which there are fatal shocks goes down.
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As the teacher is with the learner next to him, it goes down.
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If you have to put the guy's hand on it, you're less likely to kill him.
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If the experimenter gives you instructions by phone,you're less likely to do it.
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If an ordinary man, not the guy in a white lab coat