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Inside the prison experiment that claimed to show the roots of evil

10 October 2018

The Stanford prison experiment was the classic demonstration of how power can bring out the worst in us. But now it seems it was more about showbiz than science

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Inside the prison experiment that claimed to show the roots of evil

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