ted (not lasso)
@ted
the most sensationalized social psychology studies that are used to tell us humans are innately bad are seriously flawed, but all made for great headlines. – stanford prison (you should know this one): guards were instructed and encouraged to be cruel, didn’t do it naturally – milgram shock (often used to explain the holocaust): participants were pressured into doing it despite resistance, most believed it wasn’t “real” – marshmallow test (delayed gratification with kids): more so a measure of socioeconomic status, not predictor of success – robbers cave (kinda like diet lord of the flies): the conflict between the boys was manufactured and instigated by the researchers good stories ≠ good science
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Tom Beck
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I don't think those studies told us that humans are innately bad. Quite the contrary, they suggested that goodness and badness are largely systemic factors rather than something innate like "character." They tended to reveal that systems and incentives have a much stronger pull on our behaviors than we like to admit.
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
agree with you entirely when you pull away the curtain, but the headlines in my opinion made it seem like humans can be easily corrupted yada yada
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