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35 Post author: gwern 13 September 2013 08:49PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 14 September 2013 08:13:03PM 1 point [-]

Depending on the specifics which get used during the Milgram experiment you get different results. It matters whether the person being tortured is in the same room. Whether or not you use a setting that gives you 2/3 of the people is arbitary.