torknorggren

What's the tl;dr on Angelyne's past?

Hiding behind shell companies makes it really hard to figure out. That's why I think we should tax the hell out of any single family home not owned by a human person.

I really don't read (or teach it) that way--rather it is more important that when put in very constructed situations of authority, people behave in authoritarian ways.

As to good that comes from it--all students are now taught about this when we do Institutional Review Board training in ethics. It's a great example of a study that really fucked with a lot of people and could not be repeated today because of the ongoing effects that it had on participants.

Only the experimental social sciences--studies of this sort have been largely discredited, though it still amazes me what passes for "social psychology", where you have 100 college students getting paid 10 dollars a pop counting as your "sample". Much other social science (econ, sociology, clinical psych, etc.) relies on big data or observation/interviews that don't set up such bizarre situations.

Isn't the more relevant question how many people didn't die because there are flame retardants on the couches? What am I missing?