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People would rather be electrically shocked than left alone with their thoughts

Posted by spamlet Aug 8 '23, 12:57

For 15 minutes, the team left participants alone in a lab room in which they could push a button and shock themselves if they wanted to. The results were startling: Even though all participants had previously stated that they would pay money to avoid being shocked with electricity, 67% of men and 25% of women chose to inflict it on themselves rather than just sit there quietly and think,

Explains a lot (www.science.org)

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Several of the men attached the probes to their genitals even when explicitly directed not to. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 8, 13:43
That is when the voices get loud, so, yeah. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 13:28
which is why solitary confinement is so devastating punishment as to be inhuman -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 13:14 2
- Yeah…after a lot more than 15 minutes. That’s just for the lulz (I’d buzzer up just to see what it felt like, not to feel something in general) -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 13:42
- Right. So. Solitary confinement but with a self-shocking buzzer. Got it. -- nm - Warden Norton si Aug 8, 13:32
14:59 shock for the lulz -- nm - sycor Aug 8, 13:11
I feel like this study isn't factoring in the lolz -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 12:58 2
- Agreed. Ya gotta do it once. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 8, 12:59 1
  - *starts taking notes* -- nm - spamlet Aug 8, 13:04

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