Stanford prison experiment: why do controversial psychology studies still have such a hold on us?

Netflix’s decision to remake the infamous and ill-fated 1971 study into power dynamics was greeted with moral outrage, but the end result is surprisingly heartwarming

Netflix Two of the most famous experiments in psychology, the Stanford prison experiment and Stanley Milgram’s obedience studies, have been called a sham, a lie and a fraud. Retraction Watch, a site that tracks withdrawn research papers, has hosted an argument for retracting the…