I think Bob Dylan was a social psychologist in hiding. Last week, I used "With God on Our Side" to explain attentional bias. This week, I'm moving on... I'm now using "Who Killed Davey Moore?" to explain the results of The Milgram Experiment.
So, who is this Davey Moore?
Davey Moore was an American boxer that died at age 29 due to severe injuries during a match against Sugar Ramos. The fight lasted 10 rounds in the Dodgers stadium where Sugar finished Davey with successive blows to his head until he fell against the bottom rope and injured his brain stem. In the dressing room, he went into a coma and died 75 hours later.
Where does Bob Dylan come in?
He wrote a song about this "human cock fight" where all parties denied responsibility for Davey's death.
