Shankland's award-winning interdisciplinary book examines our dominance of and affection for animals and how empathy toward ...
They want obedient workers. Obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork, and ...
When Adolf Eichmann, one of the architects of the Holocaust, was brought to trial at Jerusalem’s District Court in April 1961, those in the courtroom and the millions watching on TV were in for a ...
In the depths of the Cold War, the CIA ran an experiment that sounds more like science fiction than historical fact: turning ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. In 1971, a groundbreaking experiment was conducted in the basement ...
The Stanley Milgram experiment, conducted in the early 1960s, remains one of psychology’s most famous and controversial studies. It examined humans’ willingness to obey authority, even when such ...
Who should be spared pain, hurt or disappointment, and who should be harmed? This internal dilemma accompanied the participants of the Milgram experiment, say experts from SWPS University. They have ...