Quote Originally Posted by Brenus View Post
The problem is: Did the subject of the so-called experiment know they would inflict deadly shocks?
I, for instance, as volunteer, suffered a lot in Army training… I was put at the edge of physical, moral and psychological conditions. Exhaustion, lack of sleep, lack of food, water, hard living conditions were the test to succeed to be an NCO.
They knew they would have to deal painful shocks before the show started. Then the actor shown (though yells and complains) an increasing displeasure. Then, at some point, he starts saying "It's not funny, I want to stop now!", then starts crying, then begs for the other person to stop, then stops answering altogether, which was supposed to be understood as "he's unconscious/dead".
The engine with which the subjects inflicted the pain also had big words written on it, like "200 - High", "380 - Danger !", "420 - XX".

As for your analogy with the army, it doesn't really work I fear. You know what to expect when you join an elite unit in the army. This was supposed to be a casual game to win a few thousands € :-P