[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun

[Adam Wiggins]

On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Marian Griffith wrote:
> On Tue 28 Jul, Koster, Raph wrote:
> > (have you heard of the tests whereby they took a random group of
> > perfectly nice people, and told them, "if you press that button, it
> > gives an electric shock to a test subject in another room"? An actor
> > screamed when the button was pressed; they all pressed it A LOT).
> 
> I learned about that experiment. I also remember that most people who
> pushed that button where distinctly unhappy about it  and needed some
> authority figure to 'justify' their actions,  so the example does not
> entirely apply.  The observation that people pushed that button  more
> easily  if they could not see their victim  suggests that you are for
> the most part right however.

Anyone have a URL or something where one could read about this?  Sounds
interesting.

Adam