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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 224: Pop psychology you should question. The bystander effect, the stanford prison experiment, and other weird stuff.
Description: The boys drink an experimental beer with backyard hops, then discuss some popular psychology ideas that might not be true.
The bystander effect. The rape and murder of Kitty Genovese created a viral story that promoted the idea of bystander apathy.
The Stanford prison experiment. After normal kids are randomly assigned as prisoners and guards, the guards become abusive and the prisoners became compliant.
The Milgram experiment. People are willing to inflict extreme pain on innocent people if an authority figure urges them on.
In each case, there are profound questions...