[99_00]

>the Stanford Prison Experiment is an awful example of science.

This may be true, but I don't think the evidence you give supports your assertion.

>It was a researcher who wanted to prove a point and created the conditions to collect the data to prove that point

"prove a point" is the hypothesis

"created the conditions" is the experiment

"collect the data to prove that point" is the observation

[enkid]

No, an experiment should not be set up to prove a hypothesis, it should be set up to test a hypothesis. In one the hypothesis is falsifiable, and in the other it's not.

[99_00]

If people didn't act the way the experimenter expected wouldn't that disprove their hypothesis in this case?

[enkid]

No, because people did behave differently than he expected, and he coached them to behave in line with his expectations. He wasn't a neutral observer, he was a guiding force and the superintendent of the pretend prison. This is what I mean when I say it wasn't an experiment.