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Originally Posted by SpasticBliss
I just watched The Experimenter movie recently and loved it! There are similar studies that have been documented, like the famous Stanford Prison Experiment. What a surprise to see a post about this subject and it not even being fully related to bipolar disorder.
However, I agree with you. When it comes to authority or even perceived authority, we are afraid to say no and we do not stand up for ourselves. Like you said, they "can cloud our judgement and wants to soothe us, hindering understanding and self-improvement."
If your interested in the psychology of authority and basically behavior modification or mind control, definitely look into the Stanford Prison Experiment. It's chilling to explore the psychology of human nature sometimes. |
Yes, I know of that experiment. Recently, a documentary and/or film (I don't remember which or title(s)) has been made about it.
It is similar and interesting (and of course disconcerting, but sweeping in it under the rug or shooting the messenger is far, far worse).
The "Experimenter" film gives a great example of this displacement, shooting the messenger: science can show us how we are manipulated and is subsequently blamed for manipulating. Science, or individual scientists, are easy targets. Authorities aren't.
Regrettably, these human flaws have also corrupted academia, but in the end, the scientific method is stronger: science will lay bare pretence. The Internet and research databases help. If only articles were more accessible. Not coincidentally, I try to make it more accessible to "the masses". But distrusting science, is the greatest manipulation of all, like a persecutory/paranoid delusion, it's very hard to dispel. And it is being used to great effect especially in the US.
This displacement happens everywhere. Here as well.
Don't analyse or think for yourself for you're no doctor.