Viele werden den Mythos vom Frosch im kochenden Wasser kennen:
You put a frog into a pot of boiling water, and it jumps right out. But if you put it in a pot of nice comfortable water and then turn on the heat, the frog will complacently let himself be boiled.
Wird z.B. hier verwendet:
Schöne Analogie, nur leider schlichtweg Falsch!
(…) the Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians at the National Museum of Natural History, who when asked about the boiled-frog story said: “Well that’s, may I say, bullshit.”
Quelle: James Fallows
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