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[Music]
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Volunteers were told they were involved in scientific research to improve memory.
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Separated by a wall, The Teacher would ask The Student questions in a word game
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and administer electric shocks when the answer was incorrect.
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All right, here we go.
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Which one of these words does not belong?
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Ohhhh, oooo?
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I'm sorry that's incorrect.
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[Person making buzzer sound]
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Oh! Son of a [Bleep]! Holy [Beep] that hurt!
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Sorry. Sorry. Next question. Which one of these does not belong?
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Oh man, that's a tough one. Uhh. Uhhhh - Race car?
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You think it's Race car?
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Uh, yeah.
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Is that your final answer?
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Uhhhh, yeah. Race car.
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[Person making buzzer sound]
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Ow! Son of a [Beep]! When I get out of here I'm gonna kick your [Beep]!
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You hear me? You're dead! You are [Beep] dead!
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Do I really have to do this?
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Yes.
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But he said he's going to kill me!
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I will take full responsibility. Please, continue.
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But -
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Please, continue.
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Participants did not know that The Learner was an actor and the electric shocks - harmless.
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You know I gotta zap you again.
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No [Beep], really?
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Yeaaah.
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Okay! See you in Hell.
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2/3 of volunteers were prepared to administer potentially fatal electric shocks
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when encouraged to do so by what was perceived to be a legitimate authority figure -
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A man in a white coat.
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Milgram's findings horrified America. They showed that decent American citizens
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were as capable of committing acts against their conscience as the Germans
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had been under the Nazis.
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[Music]
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[Person making buzzer sound]