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Will I learn from their afflictions? Have I learned from my mistakes?
My poem "An Obedience Experiment" is now online at Rattle as this week's Poets Respond. There are notes included.
I am honored that the poem is being published in this fashion; I wish there had been no occasion to write it.
In 1961, Stanley Milgram found that 65% of his subjects complied all the way to the final supposed 450 volts. The percentages on a re-run in 2006 were nearly identical. Either we change the numbers or that 35% is going to burn out fast. I prefer Option A.
I am honored that the poem is being published in this fashion; I wish there had been no occasion to write it.
In 1961, Stanley Milgram found that 65% of his subjects complied all the way to the final supposed 450 volts. The percentages on a re-run in 2006 were nearly identical. Either we change the numbers or that 35% is going to burn out fast. I prefer Option A.
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Thank you!
had no idea about the Milgram-pomegranate connection (even though melograno, the Italian, is very close to milgram/milgroym).
Oh, that's cool—I didn't know the Italian, although it makes sense once I can see it. They must both have come out of Latin, which is not usually something I get to say about Yiddish vocabulary.
And congratulations - I love Poets Respond.
I am really, really pleased with this acceptance and publication. I wasn't expecting it.