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February 19, 2016 08:00 pm
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Neuroscientists Detail How Humans Are Able To Hurt Others When Given Orders
Ever wonder how seemingly normal people were able to become Nazis and commit such atrocities? A team of neuroscientists studied just that, following the Milgram experiment conducted in the 1960s. Published in the journal Current Biology, this new study explains that "some basic feeling of responsibility really is reduced when we are coerced into doing something." The results indicate that humans are able to hurt each other when given orders.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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