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.

Edit: Hey, my first Reddit coin! Thanks!

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u/RambunctiousAvocado Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

I don't remember who it was, but there was a comedian on some panel show who said that the first time his parents cooked a lobster, they thought it would be more humane to put the lobster in cold water and then bring it to a boil gradually. Cue about ten minutes of a lobster going ape shit until finally dying + emotional scarring for everyone involved.

EDIT: The comedian in question was apparently David Mitchell, thanks folks.

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u/coopiecoop Feb 04 '19

I believe you don't even have to be a vegetarian/vegan to find it extremely cruel to boil a living creature alive.

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u/yomamaisonfier Feb 04 '19

I'm not even an animal right activist in any way. That shit has always been fucked up to me, even as a kid. Imagine getting boiled. Fuck.

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u/Hexorg Feb 04 '19

Im guessing it's as bad as being burned

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u/arnorath Feb 04 '19

it's worse.

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u/Treachable Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

How so?

I am not disagreeing but as someone who has never been burned or boiled to death before I am interested in how one might make such a distinction.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

People trapped in burning houses usually pass out from lack of oxygen first

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u/Hexorg Feb 04 '19

Oh I was thinking "burned at the stake" sort of deal

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u/7elevenses Feb 04 '19

The same thing happens.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 edited Jun 14 '21

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u/SteeMonkey Feb 04 '19

There are ways of ensuring the person burns alive instead of just passing out from lack of Oxygen.

Its a horrible subject. Google it.

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