It is physically impossible to repeat any social science expermient. You can never get the same people back in the same room under the same conditions without access to the new information they have gained since the first time. I'd recommend you pick up Human Action, since it is the foundation of modern classical liberalism.
I'm aware of that problem. Its why I mentioned the lacking technology hampering us considerably by requiring them to be reveal the information to us through their own perspective and lens.
We are also massively hampered by ethical red tape. In needing consent, making them aware of the experiment in many cases, not causing distress or harm, and all sorts of other massively limiting variables. I won't say its wrong to restrict that, but there is a reason the most famous "studies" all came about before such were in place and real psycho experiments could take place.
I will take that recommendation to heart though. If I ever catch up on my reading list.
I remember in high school watching some educational film produced in the 60s where they were trying to measure how attentive drivers needed to be as a function of vehicle speed and how many other cars there were on the road. They did this by having people drive (in some cases on a busy highway at highway speeds) while wearing an apparatus that at some interval would fully obstruct their vision.
Scientists used to be able to do all kinds of crazy shit.
It is physically impossible to repeat any social science expermient. You can never get the same people back in the same room under the same conditions without access to the new information they have gained since the first time. I'd recommend you pick up Human Action, since it is the foundation of modern classical liberalism.
I'm aware of that problem. Its why I mentioned the lacking technology hampering us considerably by requiring them to be reveal the information to us through their own perspective and lens.
We are also massively hampered by ethical red tape. In needing consent, making them aware of the experiment in many cases, not causing distress or harm, and all sorts of other massively limiting variables. I won't say its wrong to restrict that, but there is a reason the most famous "studies" all came about before such were in place and real psycho experiments could take place.
I will take that recommendation to heart though. If I ever catch up on my reading list.
I remember in high school watching some educational film produced in the 60s where they were trying to measure how attentive drivers needed to be as a function of vehicle speed and how many other cars there were on the road. They did this by having people drive (in some cases on a busy highway at highway speeds) while wearing an apparatus that at some interval would fully obstruct their vision.
Scientists used to be able to do all kinds of crazy shit.
The Milgram and Zimbardo experiments would be vastly illegal today and they are probably the most famous studies in the field's history.
They aren't entirely conclusive and the studies had massive problems, but they laid amazing foundation we can never followup on.