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ModernMechyesterday at 7:12 PM6 repliesview on HN

The point of the frogs boiling metaphor is the frogs in fact do not survive.


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FarmerPotatoyesterday at 11:12 PM

I have disproved this at home. Frog gets in idle hot tub. I turned up the heater. Soon, frog climbs out.

Zambyteyesterday at 8:43 PM

The point of using the metaphor is that something will have to give if we don't course correct.

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GeorgeTirebiteryesterday at 9:04 PM

yes, and, fortunately -- even the frogs have enough awareness they actually jump out before they are boiled.

gambitingyesterday at 7:30 PM

In reality when these experiments were conducted the frog simply jumped out as soon as the temperature started to raise, frogs will not sit there in slowly boiling water and just die without trying to escape way before the water becomes dangerous.

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nine_kyesterday at 9:03 PM

We as a society are both ATCs and plane passengers, and most often, the latter. And when an overworked ATC makes an error, we indeed may fail to survive.