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I wrote this post to illustrate a point. The point here is that when something is repeated over and over again, it is accepted as real even though there is nothing to prove it is the truth.

Have you ever heard the story of the Slow Boiled Frog? I’m pretty sure you have but for the benefit of those who haven’t, it goes like this.

Most people (after they have been told countless time, including me)belief that when you put a frog in a cool pot of water and slowly heat it, the from will get accustomed to the slow temperature changes and not do anything to escape. It will remain comfortable until it suffers it gets too hot and dies. Conversely, if you drop a frog into a pot of boiling water, the poor frog would do anything to get out it if can.

This story if often used as an analogy to show that people would not react to slow changes in the environment until it is too late. Subprime etc. And it is very often used in business meeting and conventions. Well, the truth is out. The next time you boss tells you about the slow boiled frog story, you know better. But please also keep your mouth shut. Else it is not good to embarress your boss in a big meeting, yesss?

“Professor Doug Melton, Harvard University Biology Department, says, ‘If you put a frog in boiling water, it won’t jump out. It will die. If you put it in cold water, it will jump before it gets hot — they don’t sit still for you.’” Next Time, What Say We Boil a Consultant FastCompany.com

Here is further proof

Dr. Victor Hutchison of the University of Oklahoma) answer was
as follows: ‘The legend is entirely incorrect! The “critical thermal
maxima” of many species of frogs have been determined by several
investigators. In this procedure, the water in which a frog is
submerged is heated gradually at about 2 degrees Fahrenheit per
minute. As the temperature of the water is gradually increased, the
frog will eventually become more and more active in attempts to escape the heated water. If the container size and opening allow the frog to jump out, it will do so.” Naturally, if the frog were not allowed to escape it would eventually begin to show signs of heat stress, muscular spasms, heat rigor, and death.

Lesson here, don’t believe everything you hear or read. Remember one Kiyosaki from Hawaii. It is believe that Rich Dad is fiction. And everyone quote’s RK. Could it be another urban legend?

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