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The 'experiment' was, as you know, based on the Harvard study. Scary and had to be stopped in both cases for different reasons.
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This was where they split students into prisoners and prison wardens wasn't it? And the prisoners were maltreated by their 'wardens', and showed signs of illness?
I studied it in psychology last year.
To an extent, this is a bit like that, as the rich housemates might start to believe they SHOULD be there, and act a certain way because they are expected to.
I think the split is cruel!
I'm glad you took the comment about Kate and Spencer being split up Mo (not that i'm a Kate & Spencer fan you understand!) but in general, I think it's awful that various groups in the house have been split up. Even felt sorry for Sandy (for a second). And poor Jade is stuck with scheming Adele! What will become of her.
Actually, watching it on E4, this is what I've seen:
Jade in tears, which made me feel awful for her. I think this will toughen her up though, and she'll grow up quite a bit.
Sandy, Alex and Adele (the bad coven - maybe you can put a spell on them ROB?) are still in close contact.
Spencer and Kate are spending as much time as they can close to each other, playfighting, hugging, kissing (or passing beer through mouths) and flirting.
Sophie and Lee are getting increasingly close, with Adele on the sidelines.
Alex is still winding a lot of people up.
The point I am (so eloquently!) trying to make is that nothing much has actually changed in the dynamics of the house (as far as I have seen) except the physical separation.
The split is a good thing in that it tests who's friendships are genuine. At the moment it is showing me that, as horrible as they are, Sandy and Alex genuinely like each other (or at least like each other more than they like the rest of the housemates), as they seem to be in contact asregularily as possible.
Kate and Spencer: Despite Jade being there, touchy feely etc, Spencer seems content to spend time with Kate, and they both spend as much time together as possible, despite the separation (and continue to stare at each other with puppy eyes), so I think they are genuine too.
The less genuine 'friends' would make less of an effort: Sophie doesn't seem to have as much time for Adele anymore, for example. I guess it's early in the week, so I may be wrong, but thats the way I see things.
Anyway, I think that this for the rest of the time in the house is unnecessary, and i don't want to see it. I agree with LEE - two weeks at a push. The whole point in big brother was to see how people interacted in a setting as close to normal as they could get (ish).
I have noticed though, that the barriers aren't defeating some friendships (as mentioned earlier) and there isn't any bad feelings between rich an poor (that werent there already) except Spencer's anger with Jonny and Sandy, which has subsided.
BUT I'm willing to bet that channel four won't show them sitting around the table, talking between the groups, or them laughing and joking together, or Kate kissing Spencer to pass him beer (yes Kate, i'm sure you were only trying to give him beer, it's not like you WANTED to kiss him).
I think they'll show all the footage they have of the housemates 'fighting' and being unhappy with each other.
I always knew channel 4 editted some things to be perceived a certain way, but now the only way to see what really is happening will be to watch E4 (and even then they blank out the interesting bits.)
Hmmmmmmmmmm.