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Neuroscientists Detail How Humans Are Able To Hurt Others When Given Orders (universityherald.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the it-wasnt-me dept.

Ever wonder how seemingly normal people were able to become Nazis and commit such atrocities? A team of neuroscientists studied just that, following the Milgram experiment conducted in the 1960s. Published in the journal Current Biology, this new study explains that "some basic feeling of responsibility really is reduced when we are coerced into doing something." The results indicate that humans are able to hurt each other when given orders.

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  1. plenty of data available in the military by Khashishi · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Tell the neuroscientists to go study drone operators ordered to bomb hospitals and schools.