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0 pointsenkid4y ago0 comments

No, an experiment should not be set up to prove a hypothesis, it should be set up to test a hypothesis. In one the hypothesis is falsifiable, and in the other it's not.

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99_004y ago

If people didn't act the way the experimenter expected wouldn't that disprove their hypothesis in this case?

enkidOP4y ago

No, because people did behave differently than he expected, and he coached them to behave in line with his expectations. He wasn't a neutral observer, he was a guiding force and the superintendent of the pretend prison. This is what I mean when I say it wasn't an experiment.

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99_004y ago

If people didn't act the way the experimenter expected wouldn't that disprove their hypothesis in this case?

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