Comments by "Cat Lily" (@Catlily5) on "The Dark Side of Science: The Robbers Cave Experiment 1954 (Short Documentary)" video.

  1. The real life Lord of the Flies actually ended well. 6 boys who wrecked on a Pacific Island near Tonga actually helped each other survive for more than a year. They were also different races. This shows that such situations can actually end well (especially when they don't have researchers antagonizing them).
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  2.  @Cheepchipsable  Yeah, Lord of the Flies is fiction. Just interesting that the closest real life example ended so differently. I do think that it could have gone more like the book depending on the personalities of the people involved and various other factors (like you mentioned, group size). I am glad I never went to a British boarding school.
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  3.  @inklingofadream  I have no idea what race relations were like that long ago on the Pacific Island that they were from. Edit: I also have no idea what other ways they were similar or diverse as the article I read didn't go into it. I just mentioned race because some people don't think different races can get along. This is one good example that says that they can.
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  4. A closer real life Lord of the Flies happened near Tonga in the 1960's. 6 boys wreaked on an empty island and were stuck there for over a year. They were different races. You might be surprised by what happened.
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  5.  @charlespancamo9771  Yes, 6 is different. But this is the closest real life event. Lord of the Flies is fiction.
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  6.  @mynameisworld  It is not good that they stole a boat. But it is good that they cooperated to survive.
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  7.  @mountainmama7589  They weren't allowed to.
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  8.  @KraccerJakk  I never heard of a language barrier. They were attending boarding school together before they got stranded.
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