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The Elliott experiment

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The Elliott experiment
on: May 23, 2009, 12:37:53 PM
Found this on the net. It's about Jane Elliott, an American teacher who did an "experiment" on racism in her 3rd-grade class the day after reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. A very interesting read that touched both the gray stuff in my head and that red lump in my chest.


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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #1 on: May 23, 2009, 02:00:54 PM
Now that is interesting :tu:
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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #2 on: May 23, 2009, 02:12:35 PM
Social experiments like this are now mostly frowned upon but I think they are credible tools to understand the depths of human behaviour. It's very sad how easily we "become" something else given such a premise.
It reminds me of the Stanford prison experiment which was in 1971; men stripped of their original identities were turned in to either guards or prisoners. It went quite wrong and had to be stopped as the violence escalated to dangerous proportions. http://www.prisonexp.org/index.html

It was controversially recreated for British TV a few years ago but with less dramatic consequences.

I think we are all pack animals instinctively, who will follow the strongest social rules subjected on us. With isolation comes fear for many so it's easier to conform to the "norm" even if that means a complete personality transplant. It's fascinating to watch, but perhaps in the same way that car crashes are.
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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #3 on: May 23, 2009, 02:24:46 PM
Fascinating - I like that kind of experiment.
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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #4 on: May 23, 2009, 02:48:37 PM
Thanks for the link Chris! I hadn't heard of that experiment either. I wonder why these things aren't as widely known and discussed as they should be... :-\


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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #5 on: May 23, 2009, 02:50:29 PM
Thanks for the link Chris! I hadn't heard of that experiment either. I wonder why these things aren't as widely known and discussed as they should be... :-\

Quite, lots to be learnt from such things.
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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #6 on: May 23, 2009, 06:43:39 PM
Scary how the people involved seemed to  change so quickly :o
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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #7 on: May 23, 2009, 07:25:38 PM
I recall a Victorinox-user versus Wenger-user expirement over at SOSAK that resulted in similar conclusions. ;)
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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #8 on: May 23, 2009, 08:07:58 PM
I recall a Victorinox-user versus Wenger-user expirement over at SOSAK that resulted in similar conclusions. ;)

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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #9 on: May 23, 2009, 08:10:41 PM
Where is SOSAK?
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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #10 on: May 23, 2009, 08:12:57 PM
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Re: The Elliott experiment
Reply #11 on: May 23, 2009, 08:29:35 PM
I recall a Victorinox-user versus Wenger-user expirement over at SOSAK that resulted in similar conclusions. ;)

Do tell! :pok: (alternatively, a link would be fine :D)


 

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