This just goes to show Humans are naturally prone to sharing and loving each other, it’s only when an authority figure pops in, that he/she divides and manipulates
@reporeport
if he'd been a tv producer instead of a scientist he would've been wildly successful
@shasuba7579
Ironically enough, it looks like Santiago's constant antagonizing might've been one major factor in bringing the group together, as they all had hating him in common.
@schwarzerritter5724
Santiago: "I make a woman captain, that will surely make any insecure man revolt."
@michaelcook8580
The part about the woman escaping an abusive relationship on the raft and the African woman feeling connected to her ancestors with the voyage was so sweet
@simontist
The participants all had something big in common: they were all the sort of person who signs up to drift across the ocean in a raft for a science experiment. That's not your average person!
@TheAwsomeSawse
Imagine an alternate timeline where the group did plot to kill him. He would’ve ironically gotten his wish.
@isaakvandaalen3899
Imagine if Santiago's antics got so bad that the crew decided to kill him. That would've been some absolutely juicy irony. Santiago wanted to turn people against each other, and in trying to do so he turned them against himself.
@MrFreeGman
Little did anyone realize that the real experiment was about how groups of strangers become tighter and more trusting when they have a common enemy in a position of authority/power. Santiago was the martyr the world didn't deserve.
@cubirk
he wanted to find the reason behind human violence
@karmatraining
It's almost like humans have spent hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years living in small groups with tight bonds and supporting each other to survive and got very good at it over time.
@thomasmount3530
Santiago was trying to figure out why he had sadistic tendencies himself. He twisted his understanding of reality to try and justify his own inner demons. He wanted a moment where he could look at others and say, yes you're all like me when the chips are down, but unfortunately for him, most people aren't born with his Machiavellian emotionally-manipulating survival skillset. I was, so I understand him. Those nice people on the raft gave him a shot at becoming a better person by their example. I hope he took it.
@charlodynatimberheart4860
It's weird, because if Santiago had just studied himself rather than the test subjects, he would have found a pretty satisfactory answer to his question.
@Jrookus
It’s fascinating how Santiago actually managed to figure out exactly how he could create world peace: make different kinds of people live together, and give them a common enemy (himself).
@darkwingscooter9637
Another thing is that having a clear antagonist really helps social cohesion. He torpedoed his own experiment.
@Unoffcialeader853
Santiago is like the type of DM in dnd who force everyone to play a certain way
@alvinrasmus6674
I'm no psychologist but I saw a video about this: being in a rare scenario with a few people creates a strong bond, while being in a very everyday scenario with a bunch of people doesn't. A good example is air travel. Usually you don't talk to nearly anyone at the airport or on your flight, but when it's significantly delayed, it's a completely different story. When flights get delayed for a long time, people start talking, taking care of each other, sharing food and stuff. Really bonding. Same with life threatening situations. One would think that when a building catches on fire, people would panic and run over each other, just to save their butts. But in reality, that's when you see the most brave and heroic actions, like going back in to save someone.
@HannaSis
It’s so ironic that Santiago wanted all of the passengers to become violent, but as the experiment progressed, you see how he became the violent and aggressive one. Absolutely hilarious (yet terrifying)
@TheEvertw
This experiment has been repeated many thousands of times during the age of sail and after.
@jacobopstad5483
It occurs to me that one of the key elements is that the people were prepared to deal with the situation. The only person who actually devolved into more "baseline instincts" was the one person who was unprepared to do his job: Santiago himself.
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