The Stanford Prison Experiment from 1971 attempted to show that totally ordinary people can

become cruel and monstrous if placed into circumstances that encourage it.

It became one of the most famous pieces of pop psychology.

But what if it turned out that nearly everything about it was fundamentally unscientific and

essentially invalid as proof of anything?

The truth about the Stanford Prison Experiment is coming up today on Skeptoid.

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What you didn't know about the Stanford Prison Experiment.

It was 1971 when the prisoner emotionally drained, sleep deprived, chained, and dehumanized

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