This is real.  Hat tip to Mrs. Skaalen for this one… 

If a psychology study claimed it would “change the way you think” for the rest of your life, would you do it? Fifteen volunteers for the British Broadcasting Corporation’s latest reality show took a risk to know themselves better, and ended up imprisoned.

The BBC’s new show is called “The Experiment” and is modeled after the famous Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by Stanford Psychology Prof. Philip Zimbardo.

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