Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do
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Men no like thinky[^] Seems reasonable to me.
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So, sat in a room, with nothing to do for 15 minutes but press a button that they knew would administer an electric shock, 12 out of 18 men pressed it and six out of 24 women. These people intentionally gave themselves an electric shock. An electric shock. Those who shocked themselves, did so an average of 1.47 times during the 15 minute period. Except for one maverick. Who did it 190 times.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Someone has trouble jumping to the right conclusion. Being alone does not mean that one "automatically" starts with thinking. Being bored for fifteen minutes and discovering the environment does NOT mean that one does not want to think. Nobody likes to be bored, but an empty room also does not invite for personal reflection. Where do they keep finding these so-called "researchers"?
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Men no like thinky[^] Seems reasonable to me.
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So, sat in a room, with nothing to do for 15 minutes but press a button that they knew would administer an electric shock, 12 out of 18 men pressed it and six out of 24 women. These people intentionally gave themselves an electric shock. An electric shock. Those who shocked themselves, did so an average of 1.47 times during the 15 minute period. Except for one maverick. Who did it 190 times.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I'd press it. Probably not 190 times though. But after a couple of minutes I'd get curious about that shock. A minute more and I'd have to know. Of course I'd be thinking the whole time - about that shock.
Curiously, I wouldn't I already know what an electric shock feels like, and go out of my way to avoid them...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Curiously, I wouldn't I already know what an electric shock feels like, and go out of my way to avoid them...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
So you wouldn't stand on top of the train bridge peeing on the power lines then?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]
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So you wouldn't stand on top of the train bridge peeing on the power lines then?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]
From the bridge, I'd be perfectly safe[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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So you wouldn't stand on top of the train bridge peeing on the power lines then?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]
Once is enough.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Men no like thinky[^] Seems reasonable to me.
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So, sat in a room, with nothing to do for 15 minutes but press a button that they knew would administer an electric shock, 12 out of 18 men pressed it and six out of 24 women. These people intentionally gave themselves an electric shock. An electric shock. Those who shocked themselves, did so an average of 1.47 times during the 15 minute period. Except for one maverick. Who did it 190 times.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
ZAP. Ooh yes. ZAP ZAP. Oh oh oh yes! ZAP ZAP ZAP. Oooohh daddy likes... Etc. just to mess with their heads. You can't prove intent.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Curiously, I wouldn't I already know what an electric shock feels like, and go out of my way to avoid them...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Men no like thinky[^] Seems reasonable to me.
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So, sat in a room, with nothing to do for 15 minutes but press a button that they knew would administer an electric shock, 12 out of 18 men pressed it and six out of 24 women. These people intentionally gave themselves an electric shock. An electric shock. Those who shocked themselves, did so an average of 1.47 times during the 15 minute period. Except for one maverick. Who did it 190 times.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Men no like thinky[^] Seems reasonable to me.
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So, sat in a room, with nothing to do for 15 minutes but press a button that they knew would administer an electric shock, 12 out of 18 men pressed it and six out of 24 women. These people intentionally gave themselves an electric shock. An electric shock. Those who shocked themselves, did so an average of 1.47 times during the 15 minute period. Except for one maverick. Who did it 190 times.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
I can't believe no one said this yet, but... Those are some shocking results! :cool:
It's an OO world.
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Men no like thinky[^] Seems reasonable to me.
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So, sat in a room, with nothing to do for 15 minutes but press a button that they knew would administer an electric shock, 12 out of 18 men pressed it and six out of 24 women. These people intentionally gave themselves an electric shock. An electric shock. Those who shocked themselves, did so an average of 1.47 times during the 15 minute period. Except for one maverick. Who did it 190 times.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
It's a well-known fact that the vast majority of people can't stand being alone, and need to be in some kind of communication with other people at all times -- hence the overwhelming popularity of mobile phones and social media, and even fora like this one (although I think people come here when they don't want to work, rather than to not be alone). People generally are a pack of bluddy idiots who don't have enough ideas in their heads to keep them busy for five minutes.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It's a well-known fact that the vast majority of people can't stand being alone, and need to be in some kind of communication with other people at all times -- hence the overwhelming popularity of mobile phones and social media, and even fora like this one (although I think people come here when they don't want to work, rather than to not be alone). People generally are a pack of bluddy idiots who don't have enough ideas in their heads to keep them busy for five minutes.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark_Wallace wrote:
It's a well-known fact that the vast majority of people can't stand being alone, and need to be in some kind of communication with other people at all times -- hence the overwhelming popularity of mobile phones and social media
Indeed. I don't own a cell phone, I don't have a twitter or facebook account, and I actually prefer being left the f*ck alone for extended periods of time.
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From the bridge, I'd be perfectly safe[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
But would you do it? :-) Then you should consider the possibility that the train line you stand above has overhead lines with 25kv. (650V third rail sounds more like the underground to me.) Still probably safe actually. But would you do it?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]
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But would you do it? :-) Then you should consider the possibility that the train line you stand above has overhead lines with 25kv. (650V third rail sounds more like the underground to me.) Still probably safe actually. But would you do it?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]
Not really - not just because of the risk, but because I don't consider it acceptable to pee in public. It's bad enough having to clean dog pee off car and motorcycle tyres - human pee I don't want to have to clean up, so why should I make someone else do it?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt -
That explains a lot about QA...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Men no like thinky[^] Seems reasonable to me.
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So, sat in a room, with nothing to do for 15 minutes but press a button that they knew would administer an electric shock, 12 out of 18 men pressed it and six out of 24 women. These people intentionally gave themselves an electric shock. An electric shock. Those who shocked themselves, did so an average of 1.47 times during the 15 minute period. Except for one maverick. Who did it 190 times.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Now the real question is: What would it look like if more than one person was in the room, and pushing the button would shock at least one of them. Now is it going to be boredom to drive those people to push the button?! ... probably not!
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OriginalGriff wrote:
That explains a lot about people trying to answer questions on QA...
FTFY! ;P
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Now the real question is: What would it look like if more than one person was in the room, and pushing the button would shock at least one of them. Now is it going to be boredom to drive those people to push the button?! ... probably not!
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Not really - not just because of the risk, but because I don't consider it acceptable to pee in public. It's bad enough having to clean dog pee off car and motorcycle tyres - human pee I don't want to have to clean up, so why should I make someone else do it?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
OriginalGriff wrote:
human pee I don't want to have to clean up,
Wow I stand I awe for this level of ignorance. So what can I gather from this statement of yours? 1. You've obviously never had any children to look after. 2. You've been also spared from caring for disabled elderly persons (like uhmmm your parents or grand paremts maybe) 3. Urine is one of those bodily secretions with the least amount of bacterial contamination compared to what other orifices have to offer. So what's the deal with that? (This may not be true for some cases where uretheral infections are involved.) 4. I'm a hiker, a biker (bicycles) and a fisherman and pretty please dispatch of my accumulated liquid wastes however fits the purpose. (OK, I try not to do that in populated areas, especially when other, more discrete, means of disposal are available) Cheers! ;P
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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I'd press it. Probably not 190 times though. But after a couple of minutes I'd get curious about that shock. A minute more and I'd have to know. Of course I'd be thinking the whole time - about that shock.
read the article again - all experienced the shock already before the axperiment! :omg:
