• DosDude@retrofed.com
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    15 hours ago

    Let’s do forget that experiment, since the “guards” were urged to act aggressive towards the prisoners. The “researchers” deliberately created hostility between the groups.

    Read more under the Critiques of scientific validity section on the Wikipedia

    • DillDough@lemmy.zip
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      12 hours ago

      Tbf we do the same with real prison guards…and police and military. The us vs them propaganda is a key part of the training and culture for all three.

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        4 hours ago

        Yeah that criticism might have validity for how to interpret the results but this specific situation still matches that new interpretation.

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      12 hours ago

      Yeah fuck that experiment. Has any experiment generated more misanthrope than The Stanford Prison experiment?