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Tachion · 01-14-2006, 07:14 PM

No matter what the original intent of the project was I still think the results are real. That is the average person can be quickly and easily turned into something you would not recognise in a very short period of time when one is given power over another.

So one can say the experiment was 'flawed' on some academic premise but the results still say a lot. Their actions and reactions are clearly documented so at the very least we have a look into what can happen in a particular type of prison environment. I don't beleive they where trying to say all prisons are like this.

Unless you are saying they where 'acting' by saying volunteers where 'suspect' I don't see how this experiment is not a valid look into a particular aspect of the human condition.

Do you not believe this condition could arise in real life?

01-14-2006, 07:14 PM	#11 (permalink)
Tachion Crazy	No matter what the original intent of the project was I still think the results are real. That is the average person can be quickly and easily turned into something you would not recognise in a very short period of time when one is given power over another. So one can say the experiment was 'flawed' on some academic premise but the results still say a lot. Their actions and reactions are clearly documented so at the very least we have a look into what can happen in a particular type of prison environment. I don't beleive they where trying to say all prisons are like this. Unless you are saying they where 'acting' by saying volunteers where 'suspect' I don't see how this experiment is not a valid look into a particular aspect of the human condition. Do you not believe this condition could arise in real life? Last edited by Tachion; 01-14-2006 at 07:17 PM..