The findings were repeated in multiple countries, in multiple studies, across various different experiments.

Yes, in one variation of the experiment they were 'given roles' as that was part of the methodology -- inmates and prison guards -- of the experiment the rest was up to them.

They wanted to see how people would act, with nothing more than the idea of a role guiding them.

Suffice to say, those who played the guard role spiraled out of control into abuse -- because the whole idea of the experiment, was to highlight in-group versus out-group behavior, and how the in-group will ultimately rationalize near any behavior against the out-group, simply because they are perceived as the out-group and without power.

We see real world examples of it all the time, and to this day.

It was not deboonked, lo.

The findings were repeated in multiple countries, in multiple studies, across varies different experiments.

Yes, in one variation of the experiment they were 'given roles' as that was part of the methodology -- inmates and prison guards -- of the experiment the rest was up to them.

They wanted to see how people would act, with nothing more than the idea of a role guiding them.

Suffice to say, those who played the guard role spiraled out of control into abuse -- because the whole idea of the experiment, was to highlight in-group versus out-group behavior, and how the in-group will ultimately rationalize near any behavior against the out-group, simply because they are perceived as the out-group and without power.

We see real world examples of it all the time, and to this day.

It was not deboonked, lo.