Don’t Become a Boiled Frog
If you’ve heard the parable of the boiled frog you know that you can only boil a frog if you put it in cold water and heat the water slowly. We all want to avoid becoming a boiled frog so head on over to The American Chronicle and check out my post, If You Don’t Adapt Now, You’ll Turn Into Boiled Frog Soup Later.
Have you ever heard the parable of the Boiled Frog? 
The story states that a frog can be boiled alive if the water is heated slowly enough. Why? Because if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out. But if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will never jump out.
Have you had trouble recognizing changes in and around you?
Check out my article published at The American Chronicle:
If You Don’t Adapt Now, You’ll Turn Into Boiled Frog Soup Later
All comments big and small are very welcomed!
I read an article today (through oculture?) that gave a fantastic example of this principle in ‘real’ life.
It discussed the Milgram experiment – the 60’s experiment where volunteers shocked ‘learners’ with volts of electricity when they got an answer wrong.
They recreated the experiment, thinking that perhaps the citizens of today are less influenced by authority.
What they found was that people today were just as willing to shock someone solely on the experimenter’s say-so.
What I noticed from watching the discussion of the experiment was that people were more willing to shock someone if they had been ‘eased’ into it, a la the boiling frog.
The researchers talked to the volunteer about the money ($50) and discussed the research. They told the volunteers that they could walk out at any time. They described the activity and what they would be doing. They had the volunteer meet the other participant, tought them the equipment and what to say, then finally got the volunteer started with the participant getting most of the answers correct.
It wasn’t until the the middle, as the other participant kept making ‘mistakes’, that most people started to get uncomfortable with what they were doing.
If you approached someone off of the street, however, and asked them to apply 150V of electricity to someone for money – you would most likely get flat-out refusals.
Similarly, if you approached someone off the street and offered them a job they would hate, assure them that the boss is an idiot, and that it would all for a very median income – you would most likely get flat-out refusals too.
Wow, that was long. My bad!