They made it with simple tasks and their idea was genius!
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The Experiment :
A group of scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on top.
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Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water.
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After a while, every time a monkey went up the ladder, the other ones beat up the one on the ladder.
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After some time, no monkey dared to go up the ladder regardless of the temptation.
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Scientists then decided to substitute one of the monkeys. The first thing this new monkey did was to go up the ladder. Immediately the other monkeys beat him up.
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After several beatings, the new member learned not to climb the ladder even though never knew why.
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The second monkey was substituted and the same occurred. The first monkey participated on the beating for the second monkey. A third monkey was changed and the same was repeated. The fourth was substituted and the beating was repeated and finally the fifth monkey was replaced.
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What was left was a group of 5 monkeys that even though never received a cold shower, continued to beat up any monkey who attempted to climbed the ladder.
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If it was possible to ask the monkeys why they would beat up all those who attempted to go up the ladder, I bet their answer would be: “I don’t know. That’s how things are done around”
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Don’t miss the opportunity to share this with others as they might be asking themselves why we continue to do what we are doing if there is a different way out there.
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Conclusion: Don’t follow others behaviors, think before you follow.
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