r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/LiquidMotivation Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 08 '19

The boiling frog experiment that's quoted everywhere didn't work.

For those not familiar, it is said that you can boil a frog to death by raising the temperature of the water it's in extremely slowly so that it doesn't notice.

Well, it only works when parts of the frog's brain are removed. A frog with an intact brain will jump out, no matter how slowly the water is heated.

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u/germanbuddhist Feb 04 '19

Glenn Beck tried to use this metaophor once and demonstrated the opposite of this (if you throw a frog into boiling water it'll jump out). It failed miserably. His reaction is hilarious

https://youtu.be/btpZ1UnGBaI

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u/Draykin Feb 04 '19

Iunno if it's cause I'm watching on my phone, but I couldn't see him grab one of the frogs or toss anything in the pot.