Was Stanley Milgram Wrong? What the Obedience Experiments Still Reveal About Authority, Narcissism, and Moral Blindness (opens in new tab)

There are experiments that produce findings. And there are experiments that become scripture. Milgram became scripture. That is rarer, and more dangerous. Because once an experiment hardens into parable, people stop reading it as evidence and start using it as anthropology. People obey authority. Full stop. A complete theory of civilization, apparently, tucked into 3 words. One always wants to ask: compared to what? People also resist authority. Mock authority. Seduce authority. Elect authori...