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Re:The Stanford Prison Experiment was hugely influential. We... by EA-3167 on Thursday December 14, 2023 @07:55PM (#38649694)
I always wonder how people square "It's a fraud" with "It's a fraud that fits the reality of power and abuse incredibly well."

I get the sense that some people really just don't like to talk or think about the banality of evil.

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Re:The Stanford Prison Experiment was hugely influential. We... by scotty79 on Friday December 15, 2023 @10:07AM (#38654873)
It's a fraud because if guards were pressured or knew the experimenters expectation then it's just yet another Milgram's experiment that is apparently enough to explain banality of evil as a result of few bad apples in various places of power with complacent masses willing to do amoral things when ordered. Nothing that should make Zimbardo world famous.
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