• Darkonion@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    “In the first version of the study, the “learner” could be heard banging on the wall at 300 volts and 315 volts and then falling silent. The experiments unexpectedly found that a very high proportion of subjects would obey the instructions, with every participant going up to 300 volts, and 65% going up to the full 450 volts” -The Milgram Experiment

    ‘Following orders’ is a part of humanity. If your plans require its absence they will fail.

    • distal@lemmy.ml
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      15 hours ago

      'Following orders’ is a part of humanity

      Human nature argument that can be safely ignored.