Update on the fake story about the river laborers paying people to whip them

Re:Update on the fake story about the river laborers paying ... by ouid on Saturday October 29, 2022 @04:11PM (#33387549)

if you throw a frog in boiling water it will die immediately. If, instead, you heat up that water slowly, the frog will eventually be unable to maintain homeostasis and will leave, just like you would if it got too hot.

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Re:Update on the fake story about the river laborers paying ... by lurchedsawyer on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:05PM (#33390238)

But the whole point is that it is not true. There have been experiments and what the anegdote fails to mention is that step one in boiling the frog by slowly increasing the temperature is removing its brain.

But don't take my word for it: https://archive-srel.uga.edu/outreach/ecoviews/ecoview071223...

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Re:Update on the fake story about the river laborers paying ... by permo-w on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:13AM (#33390995)

I don’t see this as incontrovertible. perhaps 2° per minute is too quick

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