@coattailsandbowties my point is not with the conclusion of milgrams experiments but with methodology, if there is a credible reason to discount an experiment based of result tampering then it should be retracted regardless of whether it was ultimately correct or not, it is bad science to not do this.
i actually agree with the results of the milgram experiment because of the supporting studies. Hell you can even see it in modern politics where people will hold beliefs and perform actions against their better judgement based off social repercussions never mind the fear of repercussion from an authoritarian regime. But this is also not my point.
Saying this phenomenon can be extrapolated to the point where it can lead people to be perfectly fine with machine gunning children is a tremendous leap. We obviously can't make a realistic experiment where this could be discovered, perhaps in the distant future when we are capable of VR that is indistinguishable from reality, but until that time it is bad science to claim it can.
