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I’ve seen this mentioned in a few places. I feel like it’s becoming the new Stanford Prisoner Experiment, a completely contrived “experiment” that’s bogus scien

I’ve seen this mentioned in a few places. I feel like it’s becoming the new Stanford Prisoner Experiment, a completely contrived “experiment” that’s bogus science but becomes popular because it reinforces a popular belief. The kids tormented one robot and not the other because doing so with one was fun and the with the other it was not. They were playing. It’s what children do. It doesn’t reveal so insight into the human mind.

monadgonad 8y ago
Do you not see the potential for insight there? You said it yourself: > The kids tormented one robot and not the other because doing so with one was fun and the with the other it was not. Why was it fun with one, not the other? Why do we take to certain forms of play? How do toys encourage these forms of play? This is extremely insightful as child’s play is partially the process of practising adult behaviours.