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Originally Posted by Stealhead
I recall an experiment performed at a university in the 1970's where a group of men from various back grounds both ethnic and economic where split into two groups one where the "inmates" of a simulated prison the other half where the "guards".The goal of the experiment was to see how people would behave if they where given unchecked powers.So the guards where allowed to do what ever they wanted with no restrictions even if they broke the set rules they where not stopped.Well after a few days it got out of hand and they stopped the experiment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment |
The BBC did a similar experiment a few years back, called 'The Experiment':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Experiment
It might be around on youtube somewhere, makes for interesting watching.
