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> Yes, the Stanford Prison Experiment was a dumpster fire. It was a scientific dumpster fire as well. What was the control group exactly?
by jldugger 8y ago
> Yes, the Stanford Prison Experiment was a dumpster fire.
It was a scientific dumpster fire as well. What was the control group exactly?
- CamperBob2 8y agoIf there had been a control group, it would have consisted of prisoners held by guards who didn't behave anything like prison guards are trained to behave. So whether that would be useful is a matter of opinion, I guess. In the real world, you don't always have the luxury of controlled experiments. Ask astronomers, climatologists, paleontologists, or any number of other practitioners about that.