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I always have the "mouse utopia" experiment in the back of my mind when I read this kind of story...
by patrickg_zill 8y ago
I always have the "mouse utopia" experiment in the back of my mind when I read this kind of story...
- mixedmath 8y agoI think about this too. For those who don't know the reference, I recommend reading [1]. What happened is that Dr. John Calhoun made a series of increasingly large "utopias" for mice and rats. Mice were fed, kept warm, and placed in a controlled area where there were no predators. After a bit, the mice begin to thrive and expand. But after a while things start to go astray in ways that are unexpected and a bit strange. And ultimately the population collapses and completely dies out --- even in utopia. [1]: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-doomed-mouse-utopia-that-inspired-the-rats-of-nimh https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-doomed-mouse-utopi...
- apocalypstyx 8y agoSince we're talking about Japan, the 2003 anime Texhnolyze had Behavioral Sinks at its conceptual core. https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2017/07/03-1/the-geniuses-behind-texhnolyze https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2017/07/03-1/the-g... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK47Azd6OO8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK47Azd6OO8