Hat tip to LookingCloser for the head's up on Stephen Colbert's recent interview with Dr. Philip Zimbardo (of the Stanford prison experiment fame, which I remember learning about in psych class in college). Zimbardo was promoting his new book (The Lucifer Effect, which he explains looks at how basically good people end up doing bad things), and stepped into a pile of trouble when he suggests that Lucifer was justified in rebelling against God. Heh, Colbert (who is Catholic) takes the doctor to task in his own unigue style. You can see the interview (a few minutes long) here. (Warning: Colbert uses some bad language, which is bleeped but nonetheless evident.)
Hat tip to LookingCloser for the head's up on Stephen Colbert's recent interview with Dr. Philip Zimbardo (of the Stanford prison experiment fame, which I remember learning about in psych class in college). Zimbardo was promoting his new book (The Lucifer Effect, which he explains looks at how basically good people end up doing bad things), and stepped into a pile of trouble when he suggests that Lucifer was justified in rebelling against God. Heh, Colbert (who is Catholic) takes the doctor to task in his own unigue style. You can see the interview (a few minutes long) here. (Warning: Colbert uses some bad language, which is bleeped but nonetheless evident.)