They had to abandon it after 6 days

Not because it became violent (as I had always thought); but because of the psychological damage it was doing to the "prisoners" *and* the "guards". Even the prisoner parents, a prison chaplain, a laywer and an ex-con - even Zimbardo himself (who played the governor) forgot that it was an experiment and succumbed to the constraints of their roles and the system they had invented.

Six days! And Guantanamo has been going for five years ...

Posted By: BerlinCanary on January 17th 2007 at 20:09:29

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YouTube: the infamous Zimbardo prison experiment documentary (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 17, 19:41:39
- Excellent find BC, I'm going to take a look at that later (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 19:58:18
  - They had to abandon it after 6 days (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 17, 20:09:29
    - people are clearly predisposed to fulfil such roles (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 20:38:40
      - It was scheduled for two weeks (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 17, 20:54:57
        
        I wish I'd tried a bit harder at university, I could've been doing experiments like this (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 21:24:49
        
        God no! Computing Science! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 17, 23:54:17
        
        Zimbardo was a sadist (General Chat) - Chops, Jan 17, 22:21:55
        
        Yes, he says he only realised how far it had gone when she said something (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 17, 23:50:30

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