So, I broke up with him. So during World War I, Haber's Institute had developed a formulation of insect killing gas called zyklon. When you call someone then you're kind of done with them. And he throws himself in one of the central issues facing Germany that at that time. The Germans on one side, the French, the Canadians and the British on the other. So Stanley Milgram actually begins these experiments the same year that Adolf Eichmann goes on trial for Nazi war crimes. He said, "Look, this is what you're going to do is of course you don't want to do this. Nice job? Why did you take these women off the streets and wanted to destroy them? He says that he's gonna- He's always been hiring people based on how smart they are and not who their grandparents were. When you press one of the switches, all the way down, the learner gets a shock. Yes. And that's all the difference in the world. You know, what does he say? Like you just did, which happens constantly. Literally disappeared for six months and didn't tell anyone where she was because she was terrified that he was going to kill her. Oh, that right there, slap some quotations around that. This was a moment when human cruelty was on trial, quite literally. Meaning, any idea what was in his mind? Speaking with Carol's mom, Carol's little daughter-, Killed her. 450 volts every shock now? All right, so I'm going to talk to you over this intercom, okay? Well, Sam, what happened to this guy after World War I? Birds would just fall from the air. He figures out a way to take a lot of air that's filled with these little nitrogen bonds clinging to each other and pump it to a big iron tank. In that why, in that one simple why that he asked Gary, there was a lot of questions he was asking. The same year that Adolf Eichmann goes on trial for Nazi war crimes. For much the same reasons. They start disagreeing with each other. "This was exactly what was on my mind. Radiolab is supported by Audible. Uh, walked in and asked his wife, uh, where this friend of mine was. So, at a time when there are people all over our country eyeing other people all over the country and thinking, "She's bad. It immediately became apparent that there was going to be difficulties. But this was a moment in German history, he says, when Jews had a decent amount of freedom. We've got to know now. That was not a real shock. Let's begin with this story from our producer Pat Walters. Trivalent. This is what's driving the world towards 10, 12, by 2050. 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. But we will do it on our own if we think it's good.". Suspected that it could be upwards of 75. And the rough statistics are that half of each of our bodies contains nitrogen from the Haber process. But he does it with a kind of, uh, amoral athleticism. So, in the end where do you come down? ", Yeah, we just need a whole lot more of one simple-. I got to tell you, I'm not totally comfortable that you're providing all of the information [inaudible 00:57:52]-. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. So read these words that you see here. Visit rocketmortgage.com/radiolab. This actually brings us to the first topic of the hour, so let me Just to set it up. 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. And he is basically homeless at this point. Well, I'd have to discontinue the experimenter then. And there is no doubt that today's plants and animals carry the genetic legacy of ancestors who fought fiercely to survive and reproduce. And you know what? He didn't really want to cop to everything that he did. So, Jeff wrote this book because his father, Tom Jensen, was one of the lead detectives tracking Gary Ridgeway. Whatever it is. And we didn't really come to any kind of agreement with the Haber thing. Suddenly I'm thinking this is actually a darker interpretation. "Well why can't you deal with it in a normal way?". "Research in any field is a must, particularly in this day and age. He's bad. And you like her. And so Satan, basically, systematically destroys Job's life. ", Now you're saying actually that you could read that very dark fact as being actually evidence of something quite-, Well if you dressed up, and if you just had some minor variance to the paradigm you could, presumably, make this up. I got it in front of me, I've just got the data from the Milgram study. This story made us wonder is David's friend, is he unusual? Because the thing that you put into the ground to grow more food is also the thing you can explode to make a bomb? And the way I killed her, I cared for her because I dated her for [inaudible 01:01:43]. What makes boys boys and girls girls. And- and Iago? And the, uh, really, really bad that is in, uh, some of us. How do you tell the real baddies from the rest of us? We were just enacting an old, very famous experiment that you may have heard about. There are hints of reasons. So, go to audible.com/radiolab or text Radiolab to 500500 for a free 30 day trial and a few audiobook. Wow. That afternoon, he gets in his car, goes home, he finds my mom on the deck, sits down next to her. But harbor saw it as a wonderful success, and wished that the Germans had been better prepared to exploit it, because he felt they really could have made a terrific advance if they had had more confidence. It's very important because if you ask university undergraduates what does the Milgram study show, they will invariably say something like "They show that people obey orders" okay? That allows an individual to act inhumanely-, It's like a downloadable from the internet; instant defense for doing wrong. We're all great apes. But if looked at from another perspective, there is a sense in which you could celebrate what they're doing. Um, although there's some (laughs) [crosstalk 00:02:19]. Now that's important, it's very important. The experiment requires that we continue. It's like playing dirty. Is an absolute order. They've got a very plausible, very credible, high status scientist at high status scientific institution. He did this experiment a bunch of times in a bunch of different ways. And this particular story, it comes from a book that David wrote. Radiolab Society & Culture Science Latest Transcripts Kittens Kick The Giggly Blue Robot All Summer 2.7K views over 2 years ago 41:58 With the recent passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, there's been a lot of debate about how much power the Supreme Court should really have. I thought about grabbing a knife quickly and stabbing him in the chest repeatedly until he was dead. I think you got to answer it with him, right? Go on please. Um, I got a little, uh, I- my- this is my dorsal hair stood up when I read the end of this. They spent the next six months interrogating him, they brought in psychiatrists, and forensic psychologists to try to get an answer. He knew about it. The whole thing happened several years ago. Saying, "You know, the process that I used to make food? Thanks to all our great storytellers, Dan Charles, Sam Kean, Latif Nassar, Fred Kaufman, and Fritz Stern. No. Well he started fuming that his wife had dissed him, and-. And, uh, she had got a disgusted look on her face and said that he was up in the bedroom. Let me just get that out. Do you leave this experiment in a light mood or in a dark mood overall? And not just because he was vain, which everyone agrees he was, but because he loves his country. Under extreme, extreme pressure. When we asked how close she came to killing him, she estimated 60 percent. By this point, David moved on to a new university and he's teaching an introductory psychology class. And it's just sort of approaching. Like shocking an innocent stranger over and over. 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? Hey, I'm Jad Abumrad. So, basically at 6:00 pm at April 22nd. Radiolab is supported by Audible. Haber's gas troops, unscrew, they open the valves on almost 6,000 tanks, containing 150 tons of chlorine. All right. in this episode we begin with a chilling statistic: 91% of men, and 84% of women, have fantasized about killing someone. And today evil, although, I don't know if that's the right word for this next thing. I don't know that you could entirely call him bad, I might even tilt towards saying he's a little good, to be honest. Shoots herself in the chest, and is found by her son. Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. He takes over leadership of this institute in Berlin, and he starts hobnobbing with a whole different level of society. You've touched me. All right. All rights reserved. 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. Now, of course you could find some nitrogen out in the world. 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. I thought about grabbing a knife quickly and stabbing him in the chest repeatedly until he was dead. It's absolutely essential that you continue. They start disagreeing with each other, and this one you get zero percent going all the way. She expressed disapproval about his clothing choices. Then suddenly the thought occurred to me that my life would be much happier without him in existence.". But as the play goes on, you begin to think that maybe that's just another lie. Okay? She had something else on her mind. He would give all his baddies at least one moment where they could be understood. This is just a tsunami of evil-, And at the very end of the play, when everyone finds out what Iago's done, Othello asks him, "Why? Yes, I did mean to kill. Haber finds himself in a little town in Belgium called-. Well, we'll have to discontinue the experiment then. Stanley Milgram had four scripted prods that he wrote out for his experimenters. Let's expect more from technology, let's put smart to work, visit ibm.com/smart to learn more. Now, admittedly it's a war, but still. even past when they were screaming in pain. And if they still were resisting or struggling, they'd get proud number three. The show is nationally syndicated and is available as a podcast. He stirs up hatred between friends, between lovers, he even schemes against his own wife. We'll basically bring it to the front, and when the wind is right, we'll just spray it. Go on please. And then, he starts this period of roaming. He recruited a bunch of subjects-. You're not the first one. Up until that point, Gary refused to say, "That from the minute I picked these women up, I wanted to kill them." Members of his extended family did. And as he was in the kitchen, looking stupid, peeling the carrots to make salad, I came up to him laughingly, gently, so that he wouldn't suspect anything. And to this day they have not talked about that day. Yes 80 percent of the air is nitrogen atoms. Cruelty, violence, badness. Sort of unsportsmanlike. I do not stand alone. He's such a puzzle to me. It comes to us from our reporter, Aaron Scott. But we thought we would- we would play this show, uh, about a little bit of bad that is in all of us. David always known this guy to be pretty mild mannered. Nice sky? Yet you go into this [inaudible 01:02:33] knowing full well that it could end up in her death. We don't exactly know why. I got those all at night, mostly. (laughs). And we end with the story of a man who chased one of the most prolific serial killers in US history, then got a chance to ask him the question that had haunted him for years: why? This is what totally pulled me into this story, the prods. Been through this a lot of times before, and she's already told you she's in a hurry. He won't answer. And when hydrogen and nitrogen bond together, the thing you get-. And we end with the story of a man who chased one of the most prolific serial killers in US history, then got a chance to ask him the question that had haunted him for years: why? That is if you don't continue, we're going to have to discontinue the experiment. Then you left some space at the bottom for them to elaborate if they said, "Yes. And even when they do say, "Yes." The prods. They're going to record it okay. He signs up immediately, sends a letter volunteering for duty. But there's been a fellow, I've been thinking about him for the better part of year, as you know-. 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. You can find out more information about all those guys on our website, radiolab.org. A lot of them were like, "This is not how you fight a war.". 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? ", 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. Of course, normally you just have one experimenter who's giving you these instructions. Don't- don't the man's health mean anything? I'm Jad Abumrad. The Green River murders terrorized Seattle in the 1980s. And "Because women have stepped on me all my life." And you find yourself in a situation where you've got to do something that's hard. How many of them went into that kind of detail? I don't know, I can't help but feel bad for the guy. So, Sam what happened to this guy after World War I? Really, that story's been told a million and one times for the last 50 years, we've just got to get over it. Each answer just begs another why. So, these are some word pairs. According to James, he's not the baddest in Shakespeare or in life because ultimately the play offers up a reason for his nastiness. He gets promoted to the rank of Captain. Said- said, "Yes, I've thought about killing someone.". Then you're kind of done with them. They're trying to do the right thing. Get $50 towards select mattresses by visiting casper.com/radiolab and using code radiolab at checkout. Uh, when- when asked how close she came to killing him, she estimated 60%. And oddly enough, we came- got a really interesting take on the true nature of badness from this guy. Hi, this is Lauren from Winnipeg. And he goes home for a few days a hero. The most common source of nitrogen is in the air around us. And, "Because women have stepped on me all my life." Then he goes and, you know, and celebrates that. You can see this in the surveys that the men filled out after the experiments were over. And he wrote this graphic novel that I read about one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history; Gary Leon Ridgeway, the Green River Killer. So then Hey wait, I'm almost done guys, give me two more minutes, two more minutes. Was it nice day, nice sky, nice job, or nice chair? And he says, "That's what people wanted. I'm starting to feel a little bit better about my fellow man. To find page after page of yeses. It's a little bit more direct. In fact, his chemist had given this particular pesticide a smell. Mm-hmm (affirmative). Is that how you say that thing-. ", Yes I did need to kill. And they think it's right. Right. 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. Now that's important. And this is was the difference between Kaiser Wilhelm and, of course, Hitler's Germany. And to make the problem even more annoying. Dan Charles, Sam Keen, Latif Nasser, Fred Koffman and Fritz Stern. Milgram staged the whole thing like it was some experiment about memory and punishment, but of course it wasn't about that. Uh, Haber it's unknown what happened for the rest of that evening, but it is a well-documented fact that the very next morning. Okay, 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. I think they have to be extreme in the extreme. They wanted someone who was really thrillingly bad but, in the end, was redeemed a bit.". Check out the Casper or the Wave mattress providing supportive comfort for every body type. In the other room, there was a guy who he called the learner who is supposed to have memorized some words. And then, it was several hours later in the middle of the night that I got the call. They're trying to do the right thing. Every time that guy got the word wrong. We want what Elizabethans got at the scaffold, which was a confession. Thousands of people have done it before you. Okay, it's all right, but we've got to know that. And that's what Shakespeare did in all his plays. Let me- let me jump just, uh, a quote in front of me. Here it goes. He walked out of the room, and just started weeping. And then, realized that he had to leave the house or he was going to do damage to her. Although once again we're getting a little ahead of ourselves. Even past when they were screaming in pain. They couldn't deploy it. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of. Telling a friend he felt like he'd lost his homeland. Said, "Yes, I've thought about killing someone?". The Blank Slate follows one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind as he explores the idea of human nature and its moral emotional and political coverings. And, uh, so does Clara. Imagine they really were had to administer shocks to themselves or something. 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-. "The experiment requires that you continue.". If you think that science is worth pursuing, you say, "Okay. I'm really proud of Job, he believes in me, and he trusts me in so much, and he has such great faith in me. Gary is dancing around this topic, Gary had denied this to his own lawyers. And invited me over. On the other hand, if anyone can do it-. What did you remember since we last talked [inaudible 00:57:19]? By the way, that's reporter [Latif Nassar 00:30:59]. Haber starts thinking, "In order to do this we need to pressure this, we need to put it under a lot of pressure.". I knew she had a daughter and-. Pince-nez, okay. Time's up. I think I call it pince-nez, so I'm not sure. And I used to socialize with him and his wife. In those days if you're a convicted male felon, you are strung up, but you're not allowed to hang until you die; you're cut down before then. He'll be our guide for the segment. Does he- is he saying what I think he's saying? And today, evil? Would you really? Y-P-R-E-S, Actually the Americans called it [inaudible 00:36:42]. And so in 1918, Fritz Haber gets the Nobel Prize. But what's clear is that he saw no reason to question what he had done and that infuriated Clara. 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