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It's easy to imagine yourself withstanding torture in order to save a loved one... until you hit your thumb with a hammer or stub your toe IRL (lemmy.world)
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Sorry fam, I can buy you maybe 5 minutes. Make 'em count.

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[โ€“] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agree completely. And the fact should be obvious if you think about it for two seconds.

I remember almost walking out of that movie Zero Dark Thirty. A major blockbuster based on the premise that torture works. One example among many. Apparently there are a ton of people who want this myth to be true.

[โ€“] Triasha@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

"We can hurt the bad people until they tell us what we need to know to be safe."

It's nonsense, but it can feel true.