FWIW, that "experiment" really is a hoax from a 90's self-help book. Simimlar experiments have been held, but with different, much weaker results. Edit: the n

FWIW, that "experiment" really is a hoax from a 90's self-help book. Simimlar experiments have been held, but with different, much weaker results. Edit: the now deleted parent had a link to the so-called "five monkey experiment" that is debunked here: http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/6828/was-the-experiment-with-five-monkeys-a-ladder-a-banana-and-a-water-spray-condu http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/6828/was-the-exp...