Philip Zimbardo, 91, Whose Stanford Prison Experiment Studied Evil, Dies
Philip Zimbardo, 91, Whose Stanford Prison Experiment Studied Evil, Dies
His provocative research made him a popular figure on campus. But his exploration of how good people can turn evil raised ethical questions.
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I remember some popular YouTuber ran an experiment trying to re-create the conclusions that Zimbardo had come to. The results contradicted his conclusions and they confronted him. He continued to defend his experiment. He seemed like a rather stubborn man.
Humm, so we have two similar experiments with different outcomes?
That just seem to indicate that we don't have enough data.
I don't think anyone has been able to recreate his experiment. He's accused of manipulating it to fit his narrative. He denies these accusations, of course.
**denied
One of the biggest reasons I don't trust that experiment is just knowing that the USA has a prison industrial complex, and doesn't run prisons particularly well, which does lead to abuse, but pretty much never the kinds of situations the experiment reported.
You would expect this experiment to be reaffirmed at least occasionally in the real world, outside of extreme cases like Abu Ghraib.