✈ 005 | [voice]

[boughtitall]

You are all aware of a man called Zimbardo? Some years ago, in my world, he performed a test of perfect simplicity. Average students assigned roles of 'prisoners' and 'guards' spent just under one week playing out their roles in a makeshift prison. The results were better than expected. Prisoners revolted, rioted and spoke of escape while the

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[expectremorse]

The wave experiment?

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[boughtitall]

Similar. Stanford prison experiment.

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[expectremorse]

I hadn't heard of it.

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[boughtitall]

Then it is something you should read up on. It is most interesting.

[boughtitall]

Entirely. Third Wave. And we are here on this barge as a collective.

[boughtitall]

We all strive for the same goal.

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[fivestepsahead]

An interesting analogy, but imperfect.

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[boughtitall]

But it is similar.

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[fivestepsahead]

Not enough.

The main point of Zimbardo is the lack of a system that leads to chaos. For the guards, they have no guidelines and no punishments. For the prisoners, their resentment is greater as they literally have done nothing wrong. There is no purpose to guide either.

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[boughtitall]

And we have a system here?

[darknessb4me]

It's happened before.

Didn't stick.

Next.

[boughtitall]

What happened before?

[darknessb4me]

Ha. What hasn't?

Riots, corruption. If that's all that's going on here I'm going to be disappointed. It's unoriginal.

[boughtitall]

And my point was that what has happened within this six day test has also happened within the barge. So... I suppose you have just proven my preciseness. Thank you.

[imaginationlol]

Beginning to doubt your place here, Saito?

[boughtitall]

Not at all, Mr. Eames. I perform the task given to me.

[imaginationlol]

It's too bad you weren't cast as the inmate then. It might have been more fitting.

[boughtitall]

I do not think that would be a fitting role.