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I couldn't find anything about a participant's suicide when searching, could you provide a link?
by sebws 5y ago
I couldn't find anything about a participant's suicide when searching, could you provide a link?
- scoofy 5y agoI remember that from college but maybe I’m misremembering or maybe I’m simply wrong. After a brief look around, I also couldn’t find anything about harm to the participants.
- skywal_l 5y agoNobody was harmed in the Milgram experiment. That's the whole point of the experiment. It is to fake harm. The one seemingly receiving the electric shock is an actor faking pain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
- scoofy 5y agoI’m talking about the people who believed they were shocking the actor. That experience could easily create mental trauma.