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The Stanford Experiment and the Rise of ICE

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Inkblot Republic
Aug 18, 2025
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In 1971, Philip Zimbardo set up a social experiment in the basement of Stanford University. It was supposed to run for two weeks, but only lasted for six days before the cruelty had escalated to…

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