I started reading this Cracked article:
The 6 Cruelest Science Experiments Ever (Were Done on Kids)
http://www.cracked.com/article_19993_the-6-cruelest-science-experiments-ever-were-done-kids.html
The first entry, “#6. Put Kids in the Wilderness, Make Them Go to War” was interesting enough for me to click on the link to the source (http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/09/war-peace-and-role-of-power-in-sherifs.php). While the Cracked article is interesting, the PsyBlog article is even more so. As the PsyBlog article states, the three versions of the experiment produced three radically different results (which tells me that the experiment is pointless), but discussion surrounding the results is most instructive if you draw parallels to the US government’s endless meddling in international affairs. I don’t think my reader(s) need (or would appreciate) a dissertation on why I think the three experiments on children are so relevant to the US’s behavior to its fellow governments, so I will just suggest they take the time and read at least the first Cracked bit and the PsyBlog article.
