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. group of scientists put five monkeys in a cage. Inside the cage they placed a ladder with bananas at the top of it..
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. Every time one of the monkeys tried to climb the ladder to get the food, the scientists sprayed the other monkeys with cold waten.
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. One more monkey then tried to get the bananas again, but the others pulled him down and beat him..
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. Ifter that, despite the temptation of the bananas, no monkey dared go UP the ladder any more..
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. Then the scientists removed one monkey from the cage and replaced him with a new one. Having noticed the bananas, the new monkey immediately tried to get them..
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. but every time the new monkey attempted to climb the stairs, he was attacked. Soon, the new member learned never to go UP the ladder - even though he didn't know the reason why he was beaten..
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. Next, the researchers replaced one more monkey and the same thing happened: the first replacement monkey actively took part in the punishment of the newcomer..
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. These monkeys, though, continued to hit anyone that tried to climb the ladder..
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. One-by-one, all five of the original monkeys who experienced the cold shower were substituted with new ones. Is a result, all that was left was a group of monkeys who had never been punished for attempting to reach the bananas..
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. If we could ask the monkeys why they attacked any one of their "friendi who tried to get the bananas, they would probably answer along the lines of: "l don't know. it's just the way things work around here".
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. ...This all sounds familiar, doesn't it?.