The three Christs of Ypsilanti
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- Episode: Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowFor some reason, I thought I read the book, but I don't think I did.
- Episode: Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowI think we just covered the book in college in a psychology class.
- Episode: Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowThere's a quote here from the book, and big thanks to Dave Ruse for putting this one together; I know this was a huge—it’s a tough one to wrangle.
- Episode: Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowBut he's a famous poet at the time, and he was basically saying like, 'You know, surely, Rokeach, the guy who's writing the book, will understand that the character, this doctor, is like out of his mind.'
- Episode: Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowIn his book, he also talked about being inspired a little bit by some stuff that Valer wrote about it, right?
- Episode: Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowThe entire situation was sad from the start, but there was a passage in the book where Leon receives a letter, and R realizes he’s holding back tears.
- Episode: Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowDespite a lack of closure, the book was published in 1964, achieving significant success in psychology, though it faced immediate backlash.
- Episode: Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowIn a new foreword, he admitted to suffering from god-like delusions himself, fully recognizing he had played God with these men, and expressed regret for publishing the original study.
- Episode: Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowHe made an admission in the book, stating, 'We do not know to what extent our very presence, behavior, and questions may have influenced the results obtained,' which is an odd thing to claim since the primary goal of the experiment was to exert influence over the participants.