224: Pop psychology you should question. The bystander effect, the stanford prison experiment, and other weird stuff.

<p>The boys drink an experimental beer with backyard hops, then discuss some popular psychology ideas that might not be true.</p> <p>The bystander effect. The rape and murder of Kitty Genovese created a viral story that promoted the idea of bystander apathy.</p> <p>The Stanford prison experiment. After normal kids are randomly assigned as prisoners and guards, the guards become abusive and the prisoners became compliant.</p> <p>The Milgram experiment. People are willing to inflict extreme pain on innocent people if an authority figure urges them on.</p> <p>In each case, there are profound questions about the legitimacy of the conclusions, but those questionable conclusions are firmly implanted in the public mind.</p>