Angela
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You probably know the one: it purported to show that normal, everyday people turn into sadists if given the power to inflict pain, i.e. prison guards.
There's been lots of attempts to duplicate the results, without success. Now, an investigative journalist did the homework, and the people in the experiment were coached as to what to do by the "researchers" in order to get the result which suited their agenda.
See:
https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1184270907964944384
If any of them are still working they should be fired.
Moral of the story: sadists are mainly born, not made, and certainly aren't made sadists by getting a little power. Of course, sadists may be drawn to, or do well in situations where they are able to assert power over others. That's another proposition altogether.
There's been lots of attempts to duplicate the results, without success. Now, an investigative journalist did the homework, and the people in the experiment were coached as to what to do by the "researchers" in order to get the result which suited their agenda.
See:
https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1184270907964944384
If any of them are still working they should be fired.
Moral of the story: sadists are mainly born, not made, and certainly aren't made sadists by getting a little power. Of course, sadists may be drawn to, or do well in situations where they are able to assert power over others. That's another proposition altogether.