If someone had said that in six days you can take 10 healthy college kids, in good health and at the peak of resilience, and break them down by subjecting them to things that are commonplace and relatively mild by the standards of real prisons—I'm not sure I would have believed it, if I hadn't seen it happen.
— Craig Haney, SPE researcher, now a professor and prison reform advocate
One thing that I thought was interesting about the experiment was whether, if you believe society has assigned you a role, do you then assume the characteristics of that role? I teach at an inner city high school in Oakland. These kids don't have to go through experiments to witness horrible things. But what frustrates my colleagues and me is that we are creating great opportunities for these kids, we offer great support for them, why are they not taking advantage of it? Why are they dropping out of school? Why are they coming to school unprepared? I think a big reason is what the prison study shows—they fall into the role their society has made for them.
— Richard Yacco, SPE prisoner, now a schoolteacher
People will sometimes come up to me—at conferences, or maybe they're students who have taken psychology classes—and they'll say, "Oh my God, you're such a hero! What is it like to be a hero?" And it's always a little surprising to me because it sure didn't feel heroic at the time. The prison study has given me a new understanding of what "heroism" means. It's not some egocentric, I'm-going-to-rush-into-that-burning-building thing—it's about seeing something that needs to be addressed and saying, I need to help and do something to make it better.
— Christina Maslach, the whistleblower, now a professor
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monster_grrrl goes a step farther and also tips a dinosaur.ivytheadventure's pad. We bumped into one of her friends and went to her place for beer and conversation. Tomorrow we head home.hayleysaurusrex, an interesting, if nonsensical creationist page about vestigial organs. I do not understand any of this as it is clearly written by moon people or something, but look how awesome evolution is compared to creationism:
roter_terror, who also posted an excellent analysis of capitalism and health care, also informed the internets about a BBC miniseries called the Fall of Eagles, which reportedly stars Patrick Stewart as Lenin.
hayleysaurusrex, an interesting, if nonsensical creationist page about vestigial organs. I do not understand any of this as it is clearly written by moon people or something, but look how awesome evolution is compared to creationism:
roter_terror, who also posted an excellent analysis of capitalism and health care, also informed the internets about a BBC miniseries called the Fall of Eagles, which reportedly stars Patrick Stewart as Lenin.
zingerella and I have determined by skientifical research (a.k.a. polling a bunch of our friends at Stitch n' Bitch) that two iconic movies of the 80s and 90s, Terminator 2 and Aliens, have helped a lot of lesbians figure out their sexuality and have nudged otherwise straight women just a little farther along the Kinsey Scale. All of the women involved in this conversation of a certain generation who had seen said movies agreed.
zingerella and I have determined by skientifical research (a.k.a. polling a bunch of our friends at Stitch n' Bitch) that two iconic movies of the 80s and 90s, Terminator 2 and Aliens, have helped a lot of lesbians figure out their sexuality and have nudged otherwise straight women just a little farther along the Kinsey Scale. All of the women involved in this conversation of a certain generation who had seen said movies agreed.
frandroid first posted it, but of course I've been terribly busy.)Airships fly much lower than planes – typically at about 4000 feet – which means that their emissions of water vapour have very little effect on temperature. If they were powered by hydrogen fuel cells, they would be almost silent, greatly reducing the effects for people on the ground. Though they are slower than jets, the cabin can be built much wider, which means that travelling by airship would be rather like travelling by cruise ship, but at twice the speed and using a fraction of the fuel.
frandroid first posted it, but of course I've been terribly busy.)Airships fly much lower than planes – typically at about 4000 feet – which means that their emissions of water vapour have very little effect on temperature. If they were powered by hydrogen fuel cells, they would be almost silent, greatly reducing the effects for people on the ground. Though they are slower than jets, the cabin can be built much wider, which means that travelling by airship would be rather like travelling by cruise ship, but at twice the speed and using a fraction of the fuel.
realcdaae did a good post awhile back where she referred to it as Social Darwinism for the 21st century—pseudo-science used to justify essentialist gender roles distilled from an idealized version of 1950s America. Which it is, of course, but my explanation was less charitable: It's a pseudo-science invented by dorky first-year college students to explain why they can't get dates.
realcdaae did a good post awhile back where she referred to it as Social Darwinism for the 21st century—pseudo-science used to justify essentialist gender roles distilled from an idealized version of 1950s America. Which it is, of course, but my explanation was less charitable: It's a pseudo-science invented by dorky first-year college students to explain why they can't get dates.
corvus just alerted me to this article, which suggests that fake-Chinese food not only doesn't exist in China, but it doesn't even exist outside of Canada. WTF?
corvus just alerted me to this article, which suggests that fake-Chinese food not only doesn't exist in China, but it doesn't even exist outside of Canada. WTF?
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