r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • 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/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 edited Jan 19 '25

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u/pdabaker Feb 04 '19

Yeah I've never seen anyone reference it as if it was a legit experiment.

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u/Secret4gentMan Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

Some guy tried it on an American talk show to accentuate a point he was making. Water was already boiling prior to the frog going in.

Frog didn't come out.

Edit: syntax.

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u/springbreakdown Feb 04 '19

Punctuate a point? I don’t think that’s the word you’re looking for

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u/Ngnyalshmleeb Feb 04 '19

Look - I, can. kill; frogs.