So, go to audible.com/radiolab or text Radiolab to 500500 for a free 30 day trial and a few audiobook. It's about 1880. So, the subject seemed willing to shock another human being, but as soon as you say it's an order. Well all right, I'm starting to feel a little bit better about my fellow man. Well, let's talk about Fritz Haber. And oddly enough, we came- got a really interesting take on the true nature of badness from this guy. He had an experimenter who wasn't a scientist, but was a member of the general public. He seemed calm. They're, supposedly, chums but General Othello has no idea that that Iago-. He's working with chemicals. My point is sometimes when we ask the why in the face of profound evil, I kind of wonder if what we're doing is that we're daring God to show himself. And 84 percent of the women. So these are some word pairs. Fritz Haber's a professor, small university, he's working with chemicals; it's about 1880. That guy yelling of course was an actor and the shocks weren't real, but the questions in the air at the time were very real. But Haber saw it as a wonderful success and wished- wished that the Germans had been better prepared to exploit it because he felt like they really could have made a terrific advance if they had had more confidence. Very distinctive looking man. And, "Well why the rage?" That's one of the things that we need to know. This is what totally pulled me into the story. You're telling this [inaudible 01:02:30]. Test the outer edges of what you think you know, Copyright 2019 New York Public Radio. Gary had denied this to his own lawyers. All right, so I'm going to talk to you over this intercom, okay? But it's suspected that it could be upwards of 75. Radiolab is supported by Audible. This is a continuation of an interview with Gary Leon Ridgeway. We're close to some really fundamental truths about human nature. A hero. He's a man adrift. ", Now, Haber was Jewish, but because he'd served in World War I-, But 75 percent of the people who worked for him at the institute, they were Jewish-, And says, "This is intolerable. So he starts experimenting. Necrophilia. I killed her. He has a podcast. It comes to us from our reporter, Aaron Scott. It is a fair question to ask what are the conditions under which you or me or any of us could do-. Whether it was feeding or killing or-, And he does. Hey this is Jad, RadioLab is supported by IBM. He was trying to repeat this masterstroke. "Have you ever thought about killing someone?" It immediately became apparent that there was going to be difficulties. Yeah, me too. And it's moving in about one meter per second. They wanted someone who was really thrillingly bad, but in the end, was, uh, redeemed a bit. Yeah. You know [crosstalk 00:25:00]. Well, I'd have to discontinue the experimenter then. Again, it's a pretty big thing to miss. Yes. Then you left some space at the bottom for them to elaborate if they said, "Yes. Nitrogen is an essential part of amino acids and proteins. Enhancing public understanding of science and technology in the modern world. And Haber has an idea. Carries electric shocks. He says that he's always been hiring people based on how smart they are, and not who their grandparents were. With all of the black-and-white moralizing in our world today, we decided to bring back an old show about the little bit of bad that's in all of usand the little bit of really,reallybad that's in some of us. Is an absolute order. Hi I'm Robert Krulwich. The time now is 08:36 hours. New York Public Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline, often by contractors. Hmm. Now there's a footnote to this that is very strange. Even when their sorrows almost were forgot, and on their skins is on the bark of trees, have written my life with my knife carved in Roman letters. This next part's a little graphic. Hi, my name is Josh, and I'm calling from Harlem, New York. In those days if you're a convicted male felon, you are, you know, strung up by- You're not allowed to hang till you die. And-. I actually did the first thing, but he saw my intentions and ran away." Radiolab is supported by Casper. Just give me your finger, [crosstalk 00:09:28] I'm going to-. I just needed to kill her." And I designed a little, um, questionnaire where I simply ask the students, you know, "Have you ever thought about killing someone?" And it's kind of surprising. To the best of your memory, which word was matched with nice? Visit our website terms of use at www.wnyc.org for further information. He figured maybe 1% of these men would keep flicking these switches up to the highest voltage, but that's not what he found. 1933 comes. And also, thank you to Alex Haslam, Professor of Psychology at the University of Exeter. Accuracy and availability may vary. Radiolab is supported by Audible. I'm going to resign.". With my arm. And in experiment number four, when the teacher has to hold the learner's hand down-, If the experimenter is not a scientist, but is an ordinary man-. He would dance around things. You wouldn't though. But as the play goes on, you begin to think that maybe that's just another lie. And I- I killed her. ", He actually threw a dinner party in celebration-. He takes a trip to Switzerland to a sanatorium. All right. I'm about to help this quest for knowledge. And the, uh, really, really bad that is in, uh, some of us. And that we're not going to be shocked with anything-. I'm gonna-. And today evil, although, I don't know if that's the right word for this next thing. Yes, it's awesome. 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. So if you have kids in the room, maybe this is a time to tell them to go brush their teeth or something. We were just enacting an old very famous experiment you may have heard about. You know, he's a man adrift. Let's go into our instructions. Well, we'll have to discontinue the experiment then. And as soon as it did, soldiers began to convulse. I've been thinking about him for the better part of a year as you know. Stanley Milgram took electric shock very seriously. They will spare his son if he fesses up and- and tells them what they need to know. No. Yeah. Here it goes. This was one of the bloodiest arenas on the, uh, Western front. And my dad said, "I don't want to talk about it." Yeah, but those are fantasies, they're some of them actually seem like-, Okay, this is a 20 year old female. Trim, nice mustache. And he throws himself at one of the central issues facing Germany at that time. Sap in the next room just because they were being told to? And so I went up to the bedroom to find him and he was in a rage. I'm starting to feel a little bit better about my fellow man. ", "Even- even when their sorrows almost were forgot. I knew what he was capable of, so I suggested that we go out for a walk. So during World War I, Haber's Institute had developed a formulation of insect killing gas called zyklon. Prosecution, [crosstalk 00:12:03] the Attorney General. "Definitely yes.". Become A Member. To find page after page of yeses. Our staff includes Simon Adler, Maggie Bartholomew, Becca Bressler, Rachael Cusick, David Gebel, Ethel Hepti, Tracy Hunt, Matt Kielty, the lovely Robert Krulwich, Annie McEwen, Latif Nassar, Malissa O'Donnell, Adrian Wack, Pat Walters, and Molly Webster. Very distinctive looking man, bald on top, trim nice mustache, wore a little [pince-nez 00:28:20]. Wasn't satisfying me, it made me mad that she was very much in a hurry, she had something else on her mind, and I killed her. It is still trotted out to explain everything from hazing to war crimes. I- I know it was more than [inaudible 00:59:44]. And he says that's what people wanted. But if they were prepared to do that, when I suspect a lot of them would, then we'd say, "These are people who really believe in science, and isn't this a good thing that we have people in our society, who are willing to make sacrifices-. This episode of Radiolab, we wrestle with the dark side of human nature, and ask whether it's something we can ever really understand, or fully escape. We just need a whole lot more of one simple element. Something's happening to that man in there. Today's date Is June 17, 2003. Just trying to imagine that. Dylan Keith is our director of sound design. That is if you don't continue, we're going to have to discontinue the experiment. Yeah, I carried your oxygen and you walked beside me through the lobby commenting on the decor. If it doesn't show that people are just obeying orders-, All right, let's go on to our instructions. The son, eventually, after he emigrates to America kills himself. What kind of tech company does the world need today? Only 10% under those circumstances go on. Yet you go into this [inaudible 01:02:33] knowing full well that it could end up in her death. Okay, well actually the one thing that the study really doesn't show is that people obey orders. I'm [Clemmy Buttonhill 00:26:56], I'm here to tell you about the Open Airs Project, the new podcast form WNYC studios and WQXR, in which people share stories about the classical music that gets them through their lives. Just a little glimmer. And it's this defense. He said, "Look, this is what you're going to do is of course you don't want to do this. Do we know? An mlsconsumeraccess.org number 3030. Okay. 1933 comes and Hitler takes over. But if looked at from another perspective, there's a sense in which you could celebrate what they're doing. Okay, so I heard this one from this guy named David-. Search metadata Search text contents Search TV news captions Search radio transcripts Search archived web sites Advanced Search. What he means is that when nitrogen atoms are just free floating in the air, they will cling to each other. And one evening they were throwing a- a party. With a history of industry leading online lending technology developed in the heart of Detroit, Rocket Mortgage is changing the game. Also from, uh, a Jewish family. And shortly after his return, Clara allegedly confronts him and says, "Look, you are morally bankrupt. Alex Haslam, professor of psychology at the University of Exeter. And even when they do say, "Yes." All right. So, during World War I Haber's institute had developed a formulation of, um, insect killing gas called zyklon. Come over now.". So, he plans to destroy Othello. And I designed a little questionnaire where I simply asked the students, "Have you ever thought about killing someone?" Speaking with Carol's mom, Carol's little daughter-, Killed her. Yeah (laughs). No. In Seattle today a man called the Green River killer-. Hundreds of them were falling to the ground. He was doing his great science work right around the turn of the 20th century; so right around 1900. For much the same reasons. Fritz Haber's a professor, small university. It is- it is arguably the most significant scientific breakthrough of them all. Wow. That's historian, Fritz Stern, who also happens to be Fritz Haber's godson. So wait. Terrestrials: A New Kids Show from Radiolab. Could you just tell me the little story that you begin your book with? The leaves would just sort of shrivel, and the grass was turning to the color of metal. [2] On the other hand, if anyone could do it-. Now you're saying actually that you could read that, that very dark fact, as being actually evidence of something quite- quite noble. And what he decided to do is go into the ocean, into sea water, which contains very small levels of gold. Probably have, but in case you haven't. Imagine they really had to administer shocks to themselves or something. And isn't this a good thing that we have people in our society who are willing to make sacrifices for a greater- the greater good? This is a 20 year old female. Right now get $50 towards select mattresses by visiting casper.com/radiolab and using Code Radiolab at checkout. I mean, yes, I did lie about that. He had women participants. That's one of the things that we- that we need to know. So, you know, around this point, I just don't want to have anything to do with this guy. Been through this a lot of times before, and she's already told you she's in a hurry. What's the noble cause in this case? Because actually, he studied between 20 and 40 different variants of this same paradigm. Uh, he was doing his- his great science work right around the turn of, uh, the 20th century. Gary is dancing around this topic, Gary had denied this to his own lawyers. Okay, it's all right, but we've got to know that. So in the Milgram case. Y-P-R-E-S. Actually, the Americans called it Yeeps. It's a good one. The authoritative record of New York Public Radio's programming is the audio record. According to some accounts, as they crept across no man's land. No motives. More energy than seemed, like, possible to make. And actually two nations in South America went to war. My point is sometimes when we ask the why in the face of profound evil I kind of wonder if what we're doing is that we're daring God to show himself. Our- our friend. no one has ever said about a sex tape that I've ever you know. I mean it's a fact, of course, that they're administering pain to a stranger, that's what's horrifying about it, but imagine they were administering pain to themselves. Pince-nez, okay. And 84% of the women. But if they were prepared to do that, and I suspect a lot of them would, um, then we'd say these are people who really believe in science. Thanks also to reporter Aaron Scott for that story. If any sizeable fraction actually acted on their homicidal fantasies, the streets would be running- running red. He stirs up hatred between friends, between lovers, he even schemes against his own wife. Give me two more minutes. Hmm. Enhancing public understanding of science and technology in the modern world. And when hydrogen and nitrogen bond together, the thing you get-. They couldn't deploy it. This is Radiolab. And I heard about him from science writer, Sam Kean. But he organizes soldiers, he organizes whole gas units. Now the volunteer couldn't see the guy he was shocking, but he'd definitely hear him. The subjects of 40 males between the ages of 20 and 50. His health is failing in 1934, he takes a trip to Switzerland to a sanatorium-. That is captured the nitrogen right out of the air. But, you know, over the entire ocean there's a lot of gold dissolved into the sea. So, I heard this one from this guy named David-. That he asked Gary, there was a lot of questions he was asking. It's like playing dirty. They were gagging, they were choking; hundreds of them were falling to the ground like-. Because the thing that you put into the ground to grow more food is also the thing you can explode to make a bomb? Now we don't actually know if he threw a party. He gets promoted to the rank of Captain. We don't exactly know why. Then a few months later, he started calling me trying to get back together, but I didn't want to. She was one of the first women to earn a PhD in her country. Whether it was feeding, or killing, or-, And he does. A lot of them are really positive even though they've just been told that they were duped. Now, Haber was Jewish, but because he had served in World War I-. I don't know, I would rather have scientists who carry doubt with them as they proceed, I-. And one of the first acts that the Nazis do is to basically issue an order that says there shall be no Jews in the civil service. And you know what? I- I- I would say in a powerful mood. I do not stand alone. Go. This is basically what Stanley Milgram set out to test. Finally acknowledging, "Yeah, that's true." Was it nice day, nice sky, nice job, or nice chair? 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? (beep) God. Fast forward 10 years. "I need to kill because of that." In other words, nitrogen has really strong attachments to itself. But what you're doing is for the good of Germany, and this is necessary in order to advance our noble cause.". I don't think I ever had a fantasy that anatomically specific where I would see the part of the other person that I was going to stab or plan it like that. You know what? All right. This is Radiolab, and today we're going to get back, so to speak. Quite literally. He had an attack or something there. I mean-, So again, the baseline study is the one where 65 percent of the volunteers-, But in experiment number three, if they put the shock-ee in the same room-, With the shocker so the shocker could actually see the person that he's shocking-. Wore a little, um, uh, pince-nez? And I was just astonished-. Yeah, I don't think we quite [crosstalk 00:49:32]. It immediately became apparent that there was going to be difficulties. I mean, that was makebelieve, but if you could somehow get a real Iago in the room and subject that person to questioning, and really get him to sort of fess up as to why they did it, would that make a difference? This was a moment when human cruelty was on trial, quite literally. I actually did the first thing, but he saw my intentions and ran away." 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. Yeah, well (laughing). But did it, publicly, in front of her friends. Next, we meet a man who scrambles our notions of good and evil: chemist Fritz Haber, who won a Nobel Prize in 1918around the same time officials in the US were calling him a war criminal. They were gagging, they were choking. And then, in experiment number four, when the teacher has to hold the learner's hand down-. David always known this guy to be pretty mild mannered. Even now. And maybe forces hydrogen in the tank. Copyright 2019 New York Public Radio. So, he starts experimenting. "It's okay to admit this, you need to admit this.". David had always known this guy to be pretty mild mannered. SciShow Tangents It is a fair question to ask, "What are the conditions under which you, or me, or any of us could do-. But in experiment number three, if they put the shockee in the same room with the shocker so the shocker could actually see the person as the shockee. ", Yes I did need to kill. And if they didn't go on, if they resisted, the experimenter would break out prod number two. Which was sort of asking these questions like, "What makes a person inherently good or bad? He's chomping on a Virginian cigar. And, you know, my view about human nature is that it affords infinite potential for lightness and dark. In 1962 Stanley Milgram shocked the world with his study on obedience. These little nitrogen atoms will fiercely hold together, and it's almost impossible to pry them apart. Right. Who they would kill, where they'd do it, when. You literally get a drip, drip, drip, of ammonia. He could do anything. And while David's sitting in the bedroom with this friend, the guy looks up at him and he says-, Like, through his teeth. To feed about 30 million people. 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. When we asked how close she came to killing him, she estimated 60 percent. And then, he starts this period of roaming. There's lots and lots of lessons here, but one is I think when you're enjoying to do something for the greater good, maybe ask yourself the question, "What is greater, and what is good?". Uh, so what happened to David that night with his friend got him really curious about murder and badness and all these things we're thinking about. This is Everybody was desperate for sources, new sources of nitrogen. The good Iagos make you want to shower the minute you leave the theater. But in all of these other scenarios, they don't. Natural deposits would be like seaweed or-, You know, you could find it in cow manure or-. Want to talk about bad people in Shakespeare. They continued shocking their corpses. This is what's driving the world towards 10, 12 by 2050. In front of this really impressive looking machine. You're bad. You know what's going to happen if she [inaudible 01:02:25]. connect it to this little electrode to your finger. In December of 2001, my father and his colleagues, uh, made the arrest. I don't think I've ever had a fantasy that- that anatomically specific where I would see the part of the other person that I was going to stab or plan it like that. Now that's important, it's very important. And even when they do say yes, even when they go along with the experiment, as you can see in the film. He would give all his baddies at least one moment where they could be understood. With AI, blockchain, and quantum technology, IBM is developing smart, scalable technologies that help businesses work better together. Right. And to make the problem even more annoying. What does it actually mean to be bad anyways? Fast forward 10 years. The fourth product is-. 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