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Frogs will jump out of slowly-heating pots. Unless they're lobotomized in a certain specific way, which was the experiment that created the popular myth.
by Qwertious 9y ago
Frogs will jump out of slowly-heating pots. Unless they're lobotomized in a certain specific way, which was the experiment that created the popular myth.
- jacquesm 9y agoOnly on HN...
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- Qwertious 9y agoI also point this out whenever someone mentions the frog analogy on reddit. So, also on reddit.
- jacquesm 9y agoMaybe you should try to contribute to the discussion instead of trying to derail it with trivia? Especially if that's something you do repeatedly.
- vntok 9y agoMaybe you should have selected a better analogy instead of a flawed one?
- b0rsuk 9y agoIn Poland, right-wingers / conservatives use "lemmings" as a derogatory term for political opponents and basically anyone who doesn't agree with them. It isn't because they're fans of the game from 90's. There was a Disney animal "documentary" which had a scene with lemmings jumping off a cliff. The thing is, lemmings don't do that (don't suicide). In the movie, they were pushed for dramatic effect. Moral of the story: conservatives in Poland live in their own delusions. Redneck Mythbusters: put the term in search engine. Youtube works well most of the time. If you can't find multiple videos or photos showing it happening, it's probably not real. If all you can find is reports like "a bloke told me", it's probably not real. If you're not at work, try it with "fluffer". Some stories are too good to be true.
- sterlind 9y agoI was curious what sort of lobotomy was employed: > In 1869, while doing experiments searching for the location of the soul, German physiologist Friedrich Goltz demonstrated that a frog that has had its brain removed will remain in slowly heated water, but an intact frog attempted to escape the water when it reached 25 °C.[1][5] Ah, the whole brain then.