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Cues. >> reporter: the show is part of a documentary airing on french tv, which examines what its creators call tvs mind-numbing power to suspend motherality. and the striking human willingness to obey orders. when it was over and contestants were told it was just an experiment, some said they didnt even think about it, they just followed orders. some said they were worried but did not want to spoil the show, so they acted against their own principles when ordered to do something extreme. >> eve...

Demonstratery, airing on french tv, which is part of the mind numbing morality and the striking human willingness to obey orders. when it was over and contestants were told it was just an experiment, some said they didnt even think about it, they just followed orders. some said they were worried but didnt want to spoil the show and so they acted against their own principles when asked to do something extreme. >> nobody thought this was a lot of fun or something they enjoyed doing, but they could...

How far some people are willing to go to inflict pain on a complete strange r. amazingly 16 out of 80 refused to inflict pain on the others. >> theyre in a situation where they have to act quickly. they cant stop and think about what the right thing to do. they have to act right now. all of those lead people to respond to the situational cues. >> reporter: the show is part of a documentary airing on french tv which examines what its creators call tvs mind-numbing power to suspend morality and th...