tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4106139094793613043..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: MilgramNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-10884338051609808362014-11-20T16:11:54.574+00:002014-11-20T16:11:54.574+00:00There is another aspect to this, the very common s...There is another aspect to this, the very common spectacle of science "discovering" something no one ever doubted. People will do morally horrible things in the name of Science? Hmm, how does one spell Auschwitz again? Forced sterilization to improve the human race? The Malthusian refusal to provide relief for the Irish famine? As to the Soviets, we can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, can we? I suspect the purpose and consequent impact was not to show that "people" will do this, but that Americans will too. <br /><br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-36219844576096920342014-11-20T10:30:17.331+00:002014-11-20T10:30:17.331+00:00Indeed Waldo, but I think I'd put Science last...Indeed Waldo, but I think I'd put Science last on that list, esp as it's arguably the most abstract...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-5006517729990527902014-11-19T21:14:37.679+00:002014-11-19T21:14:37.679+00:00Fair comment, but equally true if the words 'R...Fair comment, but equally true if the words 'Religion', 'Security' or 'Freedom' are substituted for 'Science'. The problem is not science, per se, but the human tendency to worship at the altar of abstraction.Waldonymousnoreply@blogger.com