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Derren Brown: Milgram experiment
Derren Brown reproduces the Milgram experiment on the episode, "The Heist."
In this episode, Derren Brown subconciously influences middle management buisness men and women with no previous criminal record to pull an armed robbery without ever directly mentioning the idea to them.
In this episode, Derren Brown subconciously influences middle management buisness men and women with no previous criminal record to pull an armed robbery without ever directly mentioning the idea to them.
Nov 10, 2007 5:29 AM
Re: Derren Brown: Blast from the Past
isn't performing this experiment illegal now? ...due to the damage it does to the subject
By: Typo
Re: Derren Brown: Blast from the Past
Yes the milgram experiment was vastly unethical because of the emotional damage it did to the person pushing the button.
By: cheezsteak
Re: Derren Brown: Blast from the Past
It's not illegal to perform the Milgram experiment. As long as the subjects can quit the experiment whenever they wish, and are properly debriefed afterwards, the experiment should be okay. Ethics don't automatically equate to legality, much as we may wish. 8)
By: Jiachi
Re: Derren Brown: Milgram experiment
Somehow, the new description (which I didn't write) doesn't apply to the video itself. If some moderator would like to correct that, I would be grateful.
By: White_Wolf
Re: Derren Brown: Milgram experiment
The footage from the original experiment is far more eerie, because I think I remember the "learner's" reactions being far more convincing. I was in the army for some time, and this experiment makes me wonder how far I'd go--if I'm by nature or by training more likely to finish the experiment. We all like to think we're good people, but it seems at least half of us are subject to echoing the defense parroted over and over again at Nuremberg; "I was just following orders."
By: Oh-Deeh
