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<blockquote data-quote="Storyteller01" data-source="post: 3073974" data-attributes="member: 20931">None of the participants, including those who didn't complete the exercise, stopped before 300 volts...No participant steadfastly refused to give further shocks before the 300-volt level.They believed they started at 45 volts...The &quot;teacher&quot; was given a 45-volt electric shock from the electro-shock generator as a sample of the shock that the &quot;learner&quot; would supposedly receive... Most continued after the 'learner' stopped responding...After a number of voltage level increases, the actor started to bang on the wall that separated him from the subject. After several times banging on the wall and complaining about his heart condition, the learner gave no further responses to questions and no further complaintsMost continued after being assured that they would not be held responsible. A few subjects began to laugh nervously or exhibit other signs of extreme stress once they heard the screams of pain coming from the learner.But through all this, many participants showed concern for the 'learner'...At this point, many people indicated their desire to stop the experiment and check on the learner. Some test subjects paused at 135 volts and began to question the purpose of the experiment.... which non-good people would not do.If we applied those statistic to the population in the same manner you did earlier, we have 100 out of 100 people willing to engage in prolonged torture because they were told to do so, even as they show concern for the tortured's welfare.We can't say that there are no good people in the world, so what else is left?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storyteller01, post: 3073974, member: 20931"] None of the participants, including those who didn't complete the exercise, stopped before 300 volts... [I]No participant steadfastly refused to give further shocks before the 300-volt level.[/I] They believed they started at 45 volts... [I]The "teacher" was given a 45-volt electric shock from the electro-shock generator as a sample of the shock that the "learner" would supposedly receive[/I]... Most continued after the 'learner' stopped responding... [I]After a number of voltage level increases, the actor started to bang on the wall that separated him from the subject. After several times banging on the wall and complaining about his heart condition, the learner gave no further responses to questions and no further complaints[/I] [I]Most continued after being assured that they would not be held responsible. A few subjects began to laugh nervously or exhibit other signs of extreme stress once they heard the screams of pain coming from the learner.[/I] But through all this, many participants showed concern for the 'learner'... [I]At this point, many people indicated their desire to stop the experiment and check on the learner. Some test subjects paused at 135 volts and began to question the purpose of the experiment.[/I] ... which non-good people would not do. If we applied those statistic to the population in the same manner you did earlier, we have 100 out of 100 people willing to engage in prolonged torture because they were told to do so, even as they show concern for the tortured's welfare. We can't say that there are no good people in the world, so what else is left? [/QUOTE]

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