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In conspiracy culture, this is called predictive programming. We are shown the ideas in films etc, so then when it appears in reality, we don't react in shock

In conspiracy culture, this is called predictive programming. We are shown the ideas in films etc, so then when it appears in reality, we don't react in shock and reject it. Rather we shrug and are resigned to its appearance in reality. This also correlates to the idea of boiling frogs. Apparently, if you turn up the heat slowly the frog will stay in the warm water and be boiled, as opposed to jumping out, which is what happens if you place the frog directly into warm water.

mrec 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog#Experiments_and_analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog#Experiments_and_a... Overall, results seem inconclusive. I don't see that Hutchinson's result (frog becomes increasingly active as water is heated by 1°C per minute) contradicts Heinzmann's (no movement as water is heated by 0.2°C per minute). Goltz's finding that "a frog that has had its brain removed will remain in slowly heated water" seems... unsurprising.
- feralimal 6y ago
  I did say 'apparently'. :) Good research though!
- ornornor 6y ago
  There is a joke in the same vein where scientists try and train fleas to learn and obey commands to jump. They find that the hardest fleas to teach how to jump on command are those with all legs removed: they’re the most stubborn and refuse to jump when asked 100% of the time.
throwaway1723 6y ago
By the time everyone can tell conspiracy theories from conspiracy practices it's already too late. It's all based on three words: 'already', 'will', and 'we'. 'We are already being tracked by our smartphones - So we will be wearing implanted radio chips soon". Reject 'we' by not using one and you're not being 'aready' tracked, and hence 'will' not accept whatever coming after this. But it requires some bravery, which is known to be eradicated in people these days.
- feralimal 6y ago
  Well, conspiracy has a bad name, but really I think that's the only domain you can understand the possible reality of what's been planned and undertaken in this world nowadays. It really should be a bad term - of course very powerful people conspire to ensure that they get the best they can. And that would mean writing legislation, defining what education is, etc, etc. Its all very obvious...

mrec 6y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog#Experiments_and_analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog#Experiments_and_a... Overall, results seem inconclusive. I don't see that Hutchinson's result (frog becomes increasingly active as water is heated by 1°C per minute) contradicts Heinzmann's (no movement as water is heated by 0.2°C per minute). Goltz's finding that "a frog that has had its brain removed will remain in slowly heated water" seems... unsurprising.

feralimal 6y ago
I did say 'apparently'. :) Good research though!
ornornor 6y ago
There is a joke in the same vein where scientists try and train fleas to learn and obey commands to jump. They find that the hardest fleas to teach how to jump on command are those with all legs removed: they’re the most stubborn and refuse to jump when asked 100% of the time.

throwaway1723 6y ago

By the time everyone can tell conspiracy theories from conspiracy practices it's already too late. It's all based on three words: 'already', 'will', and 'we'. 'We are already being tracked by our smartphones - So we will be wearing implanted radio chips soon". Reject 'we' by not using one and you're not being 'aready' tracked, and hence 'will' not accept whatever coming after this. But it requires some bravery, which is known to be eradicated in people these days.

feralimal 6y ago
Well, conspiracy has a bad name, but really I think that's the only domain you can understand the possible reality of what's been planned and undertaken in this world nowadays. It really should be a bad term - of course very powerful people conspire to ensure that they get the best they can. And that would mean writing legislation, defining what education is, etc, etc. Its all very obvious...