New York Public Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline, often by contractors. And he ran them through something like what you and I just did. I've been thinking about him for the better part of a year as you know. And you tell us, "Actually, you know under some circumstances, we don't do the bad thing we're told to do because, here's another flip, we don't have to be told. And on their skins, as on the bark of trees, have with my knife carved in Roman letters, 'Let not your sorrow die, though I am dead.'". Three times a year, two times before-. The reason why he's telling all this stuff is because he has cut a deal. Just a little glimmer. Read these words. These are- these are people who are incredibly noble. A lot of them were like, "This is not how you fight a war.". Hi, I'm Robert Krulwich. The experiment requires that we continue. So, how do you feel about him now because I don't know I can't help but feel bad for the guy? Radiolab is supported in part by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation enhancing public understanding of science and technology in the modern world. Birds would just fall from the air. And he throws himself at one of the central issues facing Germany at that time. And he says, "Can I come over and sleep on your couch? Hey, it's Fred Kaufman, I'm calling to read the credits; here we go. We're all great apes. Imagine they really were had to administer shocks to themselves or something. He's standing there on the front pushing the gas into the lungs of other human beings. And 84 percent of the women. I'll give you bad. The fourth product is-. Well, have you ever been blackmailed the way this woman was being blackmailed? Well, there's something distasteful about the fact that he was too into it, but I do think on some level you have to divorce the man from his deeds. Outside of WNYC, I think This American Life does as well, and I know enthusiastic fans transcribed Serial.. Can we really know that? And he ran them through something like what you and I just did. That's where they're heading towards. His wife went into hiding. Within minutes, the gas reached the allied side. My dad said, "I don't want to talk about it." That's like an adult blue whale of chlorine. That is captured the nitrogen right out of the air. Thousands of people have done it before you. In the best of your memory, which word was matched with nice? Terms and conditions apply. Very distinctive looking man, bald on top, trim nice mustache, wore a little [pince-nez 00:28:20]. He's bad. I have a choice, I'm not going to go ahead with it. Visit rocketmortgage.com/radiolab. It was a warning smell so that people didn't inadvertently breathe it in and get sick. He said that if I ever had a relationship with another man, he was going to send videos of us having sex to all the people in my university. ", Yes I did need to kill. James Shapiro, professor of English at Columbia University. He had an experimenter who wasn't a scientist, but was a member of the general public. Leaving his son alone with his dead mother. Let me just get that out. Well,the experiment requires that you continue. With higher and higher voltage. Quite literally. It's called Too Much Information. That's my thing and that's where I'm going to stand on it. Now, that right there, slap some quotations around that. Prosecution, [crosstalk 00:12:03] the Attorney General. In December of 2001, my father and his colleagues-. And then, he seemed fine when I said goodbye to him. Well talk about Fritz Haber. Leaving a son, a- a- alone with his dead mother. So he plans to destroy Othello. Now that's important, it's very important. The expectation is somebody is made to make his peace with his maker before he dies. He is a soldier. And that's what Shakespeare did in all his plays. Now, admittedly it's a war, but still. He, ultimately, spent 17 years searching for this man. He would give all his baddies at least one moment where they could be understood. I mean, yes, I did lie about that. All right. And, um, why is it so important do you think to understand the why behind such an evil act? Radiolab is a radio program produced by WNYC, a public radio station in New York City, and broadcast on public radio stations in the United States. Dan doesn't think so, but what's clear is that he saw no reason to question what he had done and that infuriated Clara. No reason. If the experiment had to be successful, it had to be carried on.". And, you know, the class ended and I went back to my office. Do we know? So, he sends a letter to the Ministry of Education resigning and he leaves Germany, telling a friend he felt like he lost his homeland. This- this is really important. Despite the chlorine gas. Yeah. By the way, that's reporter [Latif Nassar 00:30:59]. But he does it with a kind of amoral athleticism, he does it without humility, without a lot of doubt. Takes command of them partially. We should say that this next section of the program has some references which are extremely graphic and not to everybody's tastes. I really want to do a good job.". So he felt publicly humiliated. Uh, when- when asked how close she came to killing him, she estimated 60%. If you breathed it in, it sort of irritates your lungs to the extent that they sort of fills up with fluid so quickly that you sort of drowning in your own phlegm. ", Meanwhile, later that night on the other side of town-. Um, I got a little, uh, I- my- this is my dorsal hair stood up when I read the end of this. My name's Benjamin Walker and here are some Radiolab credit. But even with all that gore and horribleness, there was often a moment that people waited for. And once again, another nitrogen compound. When you needed to stop for breath, your hand ran light and steady. So you're saying they were shocking these people because they thought it was worthwhile? He felt publicly humiliated. We should say that this next section of the program has some references which are extremely graphic-. Okay, one of those very tiny old fashioned pair of glasses that would pinch on your nose. Also from Breslau. You know what's going to happen if she pisses you off. Hey, I'm Jad Abumrad. Look. Become A Member. And in this one you get 0% going all the way. In a lab at Yale University with a bunch of regular Americans. According to James, he is not the baddest-. And oddly enough, we got a really interesting take on the true nature of badness from this guy-. Okay, it's all right, but we've got to know that. And he goes home for a few days a hero. When I said, "Goodbye." But what's clear is that he saw no reason to question what he had done and that infuriated Clara. They're supposedly chums, but General Othello has no idea that Iago-. He did this experiment a bunch of times, and in a bunch of different ways. If you think that science is worth pursuing, you say, "Okay. Eugene [inaudible 01:07:32], Sierra Hahn, and everyone in the manuscript and archives department at the Yale University Library. The son eventually after he immigrates to America kills himself. This story made us wonder, "Is David's friend-". So, I broke up with him. One that applies smart technologies at scale with purpose and expertise; not just for some, but for all. Let's begin with this story from our producer, Pat Walters. They spent the next six months interrogating him. Because Haber figured out a way to take nitrogen from the air, put it into the barren ground and grew wheat. Humans. Visit our website terms of use at www.wnyc.org for further information. Go to audible.com/radiolab or text Radiolab to 500500 for a free 30-day trial and a few audiobook. These violent delights tienen fin violento. When you press one of the switches, all the way down, the learner gets a shock. About; Blog; Projects; Help; Donate An illustration of a heart shape . And the infinity of gray spaces in between. You know what's going to happen if she [inaudible 01:02:25]. If those two participants refused to go on-, Saying like, "I don't want to kill a guy. This is Radiolab and today we're talking about Well, we're trying to think about what goes on in the mind of a bad person. Terrestrials: A New Kids Show from Radiolab. Year 2003. But the questions in the air, at the time, were very real. Yet you go into this anyway, knowing full well that it could-, "That is true. And invited me over. And to bring a few other of our storytellers in. They will invariably say something like, "They show that people obey orders." I think they have to be extreme in the extreme. However, that leaves behind 20 million Germans. Times. He was in this, um, uh, uh, state of fury, he said, and, um, and instead of hitting his wife, he smashed his fist into the bathroom mirror. And not just 'cause he was vain, which everyone agrees he was, but because he loves his country. in this episode we begin with a chilling statistic: 91% of men, and 84% of women, have fantasized about killing someone. This was a moment when human cruelty was on trial, quite literally. Did members of Haber's family die in the concentration camp? And they would circle yes or no. We take a look at one particular fantasy lurking behind these numbers, and wonder what this shadow world might tell us about ourselves and our neighbors. Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans. Would you really think that this guy's a good guy? He takes over leadership of this institute in Berlin, and he starts hobnobbing with a whole different level of society. In a way we wait for it still. "I'm willing to help in a worthwhile experiment.". And we didn't really come to any kind of agreement with the Haber thing. Is that nitrogen is [tryvalent 00:31:48]. He seemed calm. And my views about human nature are that it affords infinite potential for lightness and dark. Wasn't satisfied [inaudible 01:01:21] maybe mad 'cause she was very much in a hurry. And he said, "To start, you want to know about bad? Because actually, he studied between 20 and 40 different variants of this same paradigm. But you know, we ended up walking this question around to different people. Okay, we're going off tape now. He signs up immediately, sends a letter volunteering for duty. This was one of the bloodiest arenas on the, uh, Western front. Do we know? And one of the first acts that the Nazis do is to-, That says, "There shall be no Jews in the civil service. He had an attack or something there. Now we don't exactly know why, there are hints of reasons that maybe he thinks Othello's sleeping with his wife; we're not sure. Saying, "You know, the process that I used to make food? And he spends five years and a futile effort-, Sounds insane. And did you go back to the party then and continued dinner partying for a while? Imagine they really had to administer shocks to themselves or something. Who are you?". This is how it describes what it does: 'Radiolab believes your ears are a portal to another world. Under extreme, extreme pressure at high temperature, and then he forces hydrogen into the tank. How could you? And I basically spent the next half hour walking around with him trying to cool him off. But there's a fellow. Let's begin with this story from our producer Pat Walters. Now, as we sort of know in life, lots of things that we do, if they worthwhile doing, and not always easy. Speaker 2: I'll give you bad. The one that everybody knows, the so-called baseleine. Yeah, I carried your oxygen and you walked beside me through the lobby commenting on the decor. No one has ever said about a sex tape that I've ever, so no. And everyone thought, "Well, we know the solution. It's a graphic or an illustrated novel. And then Othello goes and kills his own wife, smothering hew with a pillow. His experiment remains one of the most famous experiments of the 20th century. There's lots and lots of lessons here, but one is I think, you know, when you are enjoying to do something for the greater good, maybe ask yourself the question, what is greater and what is good? But it wasn't until a few years later that he learned something that really put what happened that night into context. It's like a downloadable from the internet instant defense for doing wrong, but if you look at Milgram's work closely. Two more minutes. So these are some word pairs. And my father wasn't buying it. What kind of tech company does the world need today? Suddenly I'm thinking this is actually a darker interpretation. If I don't leave my house right now, I'm going to kill her." Dan Charles, Sam Keen, Latif Nasser, Fred Koffman and Fritz Stern. My dorsal hair stood up when I read the end of this. This is basically what Stanley Milgram set out to test. She was a- I knew she had a daughter in the last [crosstalk 01:01:03]. Hmm. When Lucy was only two days old she was adopted by a psychologist and his wife who wondered: if given the right environment, how human could Lucy . Direct your voice to the microphone in the room. comment. So you ask like, "Why do people do bad things?". Thank you to James Shapiro whose most recent book is called Contested Will. We're going off tape now. I'm Robert Krulwich. And he believed it. Horrified like, "Oh my God, my students are murderers?" They spent the next six months interrogating him, they brought in psychiatrists, and forensic psychologists to try to get an answer. So he starts experimenting. A hero. Said, "Yes, I've thought about killing someone?". So Stanley Milgram actually begins these experiments the same year that Adolf Eichmann goes on trial for Nazi war crimes. Jeff Jensen's book is The Green River Killer, A True Detective Story. It's like playing dirty. Radiolab is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation, and by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, enhancing public understanding of science, technology in the modern world. And I designed a little questionnaire where I simply asked the students, "Have you ever thought about killing someone?" And, "Because women have stepped on me all my life." Then, we reconsider what Stanley Milgram's famous experiment really revealed about human nature (it's both better and worse than we thought). All rights reserved. But he organizes soldiers, he organizes whole gas units. And he was someone who had very big ambitions. Come over now.". But he is a large, very strong man with a black belt in karate. And he says, "Because of the rage." They're trying to do the right thing. I mean it's a pretty heady thing for a Jewish kid from Breslau to be hobnobbing with the Emperor, and cabinet ministers, he's part of the club; and he really, really relished it. I do not stand alone. In December of 2001, my father and his colleagues, uh, made the arrest. Well the thing that haunts me about the why question is that I'm reminded of one of the oldest stories in the Bible, which is the story of Job. That's one of the things that we need to know. And maybe forces hydrogen in the tank. Listen Infective Heredity. I've just got the, uh, the data from the Milgram. And why is it so important, do you think, to understand the why behind such an evil act? He's bald, he has a potbelly, he has these pince-nez spectacles, he's chomping on a Virginian cigar, he was always smoking these Virginian cigars and he's wearing a fur coat. And Hitler takes over. This is what totally pulled me into this story, the prods. And oddly enough, we came- got a really interesting take on the true nature of badness from this guy. Fact is if you don't continue, uh, we're going to discontinue the experiment. 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