How far would people go ? On Wednesday night, a new "game" was on air on a French TV channel.
Click on the TV set to watch the video extract, on the BBC :
"Christophe Nick, the producer, said he was amazed that so many contestants [in the Game] followed the sadistic orders. He said that only 16 out of the 80 contestants refused to administer the electric shocks."
This "game" was based
upon Milgram's experiment.
Here is a short animation caricaturing it :
And now... would YOU be ready to do ANYTHING to be on TV ? Would YOU blindly follow ANY order ??
____________________________________________ contestant = someone who participates to a game/a race/a contest
sadistic (sadique) / upon = on / blind = that cannot see - blindly = adverb
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