Philip Zimbardo, psychologist behind the 'Stanford Prison Experiment' dies at 91

At a quick skim, this doesn&#x27;t seem to mention all the controversy over the validity of that experiment:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gen.medium.com&#x2F;the-lifespan-of-a-lie-d869212b1f62" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gen.medium.com&#x2F;the-lifespan-of-a-lie-d869212b1f62</a>

Too ironic &quot;To this day, it is used as a case study in psychology classes to highlight both the psychology of evil as well as the ethics of doing psychological research with human subjects.&quot;<p>should read<p>&quot;To this day, the thoroughly debunked session is used as a case study in psychology classes to highlight both the psychology of &#x27;publish or perish&#x27; as well as the fundamental flaws in the science psychology pretends to have&quot;<p>But it doesn&#x27;t, because that would require the field admitting it is deeply flawed

Reminder that psychology is in a reproducibility crisis; with ~30%-50% of studies being unable to be reproduced.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2018&#x2F;11&#x2F;psychologys-replication-crisis-real&#x2F;576223&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2018&#x2F;11&#x2F;psycholo...</a><p>In which case, it&#x27;s fairly safe to say... you&#x27;re not <i>that much</i> worse off by following your gut and flipping a coin.

<i>Discovering Psychology</i> on PBS was a great series.

Kind of sad that this piece published by stanford, a supposed beacon of academic excellence and rigor, does not mention at all the issues with this now debunked study.