Is there any scientific study about the effectiveness of torture to find the truth?

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• What is unethical in disproving torture in the public?
  You could anonymously question torture victims and analyze their cases. Or make a law which forbids torture until the intelligence agencies provide prove, that there's a real benefit from torture apart from satisfying the peoples lust for revenge on a scapegoat.

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  by Junihausen on June 6th, 2011

• I have no ethical objection to disproving the usefulness of torture, my point was that I couldn't figure a way to conduct the experiment in an ethical way. I was thinking of classic social experiements, where subjects were subjected to all sorts of situations and scenarios, having their reactions studied and measured. Perhaps it can be studied in the way you mention. I would support such a study.

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  by MrJosh on June 6th, 2011

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• They might do it if it provided other dividends. Such as satisfying the human appetite for vengeance.

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  by MrJosh on June 5th, 2011

• i suppose

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  by The Silent Rebel on June 5th, 2011

• to satisfy the appetite for vengeance of their followers
  scapegoatism as found in early religions
  scaring opposition
  providing false arguments for war to the public
  destroying the psyche of oppositionals they can't legally confine
  
  shall i go on?

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  by Junihausen on June 6th, 2011