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This used to be one of my favorite studies and now I see it as basically a trash study. Not something we can replicate, mechanisms are poor, yet the implication
by projektir 10y ago
This used to be one of my favorite studies and now I see it as basically a trash study. Not something we can replicate, mechanisms are poor, yet the implications were huge. We really should be more careful with things like this. With all the replication and quality issues in social and psych studies right now, I think the tide is turning and maybe we can go back to philosophy.
- sndean 10y agoYeah, the Milgram experiment had similar implications, was clearly better designed, and variations of it have been replicated several times [0]. Interesting that Milgram and Zimbardo were in the same high school class [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
- HeavenBanned 10y agoWithout doubt the study was puffed up by the West-Coast Ivy "Stanford" brand name. If this study were carried out by "East BumbleFuck State U." it would have gone into the trash heap of history. Clear cut case of empty prestige-worship.
- afarrell 10y agoGiven that it is non-replicable, isn't it better called the "Stanford Prison Incident"? We can still learn things from it as a historical incident like Abu Garib, but it fails to really walk the path of experimental science.
- ransom1538 10y agoRight. "Not something we can replicate". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynndie_England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynndie_England