evil of human nature

Kacie 2022-09-21 04:31:35

I have heard about the Lucifer effect for a long time, and through the movie today, I was really shocked. The film progresses step by step, following the author's step-by-step observation of the continuation of the experiment, even giving the audience a sense of being involved in the experiment. The reason for giving it five stars is that the movie showed me the evil of human nature and the power of power.
I had heard about a lot of prisoner abuse incidents before, but I didn't understand them at first. I felt that the prison guards were too cruel and inhumane. People with a little bit of humanity would not do this. But this experiment gave the answer. Besides, it was just an experiment. It only lasted for six days, and it had such an effect. Before the experiment started, these people knew that they were only playing their roles and could get paid, but the experiment In the end, everyone is in the prison set, it becomes a real prison, everyone becomes a real character, and they can't extricate themselves. It is conceivable how terrible those prisons with scandals are.

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The Stanford Prison Experiment quotes

  • Jesse Fletcher: You brought me here to legitimize this experiment and there's nothing legitimate about this place, Phil.

    Dr. Philip Zimbardo: You're right. You're right. I didn't explain it well. Prisons, they represent a loss of freedom, literally and symbolically.

    Jesse Fletcher: Yeah, but that does not explain why they're wearing dresses. They're wearing dresses, Phil.

    Dr. Philip Zimbardo: Yes, I understand. Uh, we're trying to strip away their individuality. Make them uniform. Feminize them.

    Jesse Fletcher: Feminize them?

    Dr. Philip Zimbardo: Yes. Feminize them. Take away all the things that make them them. You see, we're trying to understand how an institution affects an individual's behavior. We're trying to do something... We're trying to do something good.

  • Karl Vandy: It's easy for you to say, 'Oh, I wouldn't have acted that way', but you don't know. That's - that's the truth. You don't know. And now I know what I'm capable of, and it hurts.