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'''Harry Harlow''' was a scientist who became infamous as the inventor the [[Pit of Despair]] experiment, which saw him torture countless monkeys (many of which were infants) to the point of insanity, he was obsessed with the effects of love and later depression on living beings and used monkeys to see how far he could push things. | |||
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Harlow's original experiments involved using surrogate "mothers" to test baby monkeys, with some surrogates being abusive and others being kind - seeing if the monkeys would pick food over nurture : his experiment found most monkeys picked nurture. | Harlow's original experiments involved using surrogate "mothers" to test baby monkeys, with some surrogates being abusive and others being kind - seeing if the monkeys would pick food over nurture : his experiment found most monkeys picked nurture. | ||
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Then came Harlow's most sadistic device, a masterpiece of torture known as the Pit of Despair - it was a cage that held baby monkeys in isolation for up to a year with no physical contact, driving them into insanity that stayed with them well into adulthood. | Then came Harlow's most sadistic device, a masterpiece of torture known as the Pit of Despair - it was a cage that held baby monkeys in isolation for up to a year with no physical contact, driving them into insanity that stayed with them well into adulthood. | ||
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