Author: Stanley Milgram

Cited by

• Richard Wiseman (1)
  • IN: Quirkology: Ho we Discover the Big Truths in Small Things (2007) Non-Fiction, Pyschology, British
    EPIGRAPH: What is the use of such a study? The criticism implied in this question has never bothered me, for any activity seems to me of value if it satisfies curiousity, stimulates ideas, and gives a new slant to our understanding of the social world.
    FROM: The Individual in a Social World, (1977), Book, US
• Scarlett Thomas (1)
  • IN: PopCo (2004) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: In the postexperimental interview, when subjects were asked why they had gone on, a typical reply was: 'I wouldn't have done it by myself. I was just doing what I was told.' Unable to defy the authority of the experimenter, they attribute all responsibility to him. It is the old story of 'just doing one's duty'...
    FROM: Obedience to Authority, (1974), NULL, US