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Philip Zimbardo, “Critical Situations” (Open Agenda, 2021)

New Books in Psychology

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The Semantic Distortion of Reality

I allowed, i allowed evil to exist. The breakdown of every one those kids, i am as responsible for as any of the guards,. because i saw what was happening, and i didn't stop it. I mean, that'sma, maybe not an iron clad proof, but it's certainly an awful lot of evidence to support that view. And just again, so w we have ing talk the semantic distortion of reality. That's most people who are a engaged in evil deeds; they learn is the power of words to create images that people buy into.

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