The experiment involved 5 monkeys, a cage, a banana, a ladder and, crucially, a water hose.
The 5 monkeys would be locked in a cage, after which a banana was hung from the ceiling with, fortunately for the monkeys (or so it seemed…), a ladder placed right underneath it.
Of course, immediately, one of the monkeys would race towards the ladder, intending to climb it and grab the banana. However, as soon as he would start to climb, the sadist (euphemistically called “scientist”) would spray the monkey with ice-cold water. In addition, however, he would also spray the other four monkeys…
When a second monkey was about to climb the ladder, the sadist would, again, spray the monkey with ice-cold water, and apply the same treatment to its four fellow inmates; likewise for the third climber and, if they were particularly persistent (or dumb), the fourth one. Then they would have learned their lesson: they were not going to climb the ladder again – banana or no banana.
In order to gain further pleasure or, I guess, prolong the experiment, the sadist outside the cage would then replace one of the monkeys with a new one. As can be expected, the new guy would spot the banana, think “why don’t these idiots go get it?!” and start climbing the ladder. Then, however, it got interesting: the other four monkeys, familiar with the cold-water treatment, would run towards the new guy – and beat him up. The new guy, blissfully unaware of the cold-water history, would get the message: no climbing up the ladder in this cage – banana or no banana.
When the beast outside the cage would replace a second monkey with a new one, the events would repeat themselves – monkey runs towards the ladder; other monkeys beat him up; new monkey does not attempt to climb again – with one notable detail: the first new monkey, who had never received the cold-water treatment himself (and didn’t even know anything about it), would, with equal vigour and enthusiasm, join in the beating of the new guy on the block.
When the researcher replaced a third monkey, the same thing happened; likewise for the fourth until, eventually, all the monkeys had been replaced and none of the ones in the cage had any experience or knowledge of the cold-water treatment.
Then, a new monkey was introduced into the cage. It ran toward the ladder only to get beaten up by the others. Yet, this monkey turned around and asked “why do you beat me up when I try to get the banana?” The other four monkeys stopped, looked at each other slightly puzzled and, finally, shrugged their shoulders: “Don’t know. But that’s the way we do things around here”…
Submitted Main Comm form today.
Pretty much expecting not to get in.
This is what I filled in one of the two sections.
"Describe yourself in not more than 100 words :
100 words wouldn't be enough to describe me. In summary, I'm pretty cool and pretty awesome"
Imma dope eh?
Recently. I've gotten the habit to check my whatsapp every 15minutes even if I didn't receieve any messages. I check my whatsapp every morning before i get off my bed and every night before I sleep. It's pretty obsessive. Just hoping to see if I recieved any messages without any notifications coming in. Sadly. I haven't gotten any surprises. So imma off my whatsapp notifications. So whenever i check. I get that little-expected-surprise.
I don't know why. I just felt like blogging for a second time today. I didn't work today. I had Mac at KAP with leyuan. Talked abit. And we headed home. Nobody wanted to study with me. I guess now's not the moment yet? I didn't have the mood to study either. I've been trying to bring myself to read up on econs every night. But I always end up sleeping and talking on whatsapp, except tonight.
I don't know if I should say this.
I remember, leyuan said. Some things, are better left unsaid.
Now that my blog is privated. I can pretty much say all I want to. But.. I dont know. :\
Funny how, even I have nothing mch to talk about I still can type this huge chunk of text huh. It's only like the first day i created this blog. I don't know why. But I've got 55 post views on my previous post. Thats kinda funny. I only told two people that I created a blog. But now it's private and no one's invited yet. It's all cool. I typed all these on my iPhone. Which. Is. Pretty. Amazing. I just felt like blogging. Before I end off, i found a really interesting story.
The Monkey Story
Gives you a little something to think about huh?
Cheers.