Ender Hypersonic November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前. Don't ask why, our parents know best. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph22 Turbocharged November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 The other counter point to consider... What do you do if your 1 year old reaches towards an open flame? Stop him / her and possibly beat her hand right? After a while the kid knows not to reach towards open flame. Do you really want every kid to have to burn themselves to understand that you don't touch fire? Sometimes things are done a certain way for a good reason - even if we don't understand the reason, it doesn't invalidate it. You just want to argue huh?? The situation here is to agree... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byteslurve Supersonic November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 Very interesting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryn Turbocharged November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 You just want to argue huh?? The situation here is to agree... Argue schmargue... Cute little analogies like this drive me batty... There was a perfectly good reason for the behaviour --- And throughout history, learning from our elders, from their experience, from their mistakes is a good thing. So let's put it another way - what if the monkeys knew why they shouldn't climb the ladder? Should they send up a volunteer once a month just to see if the other monkeys still get doused in cold water? What is the solution here? What the experiment has shown is "insitutional knowledge" - which in most organisations is considered a good thing 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChickenMob 6th Gear November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 I thought in the Army, we called the monkeys who tried to climb the ladder SABO KING.......... give them blanket and see blanket party.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesc Hypersonic November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 the traditional ones sold by mamak wearing sarong and wrapped in a conical singtel yellow pages i like....the newer gen found nowadays like no soul wan....maybe i just prefer those of the older generation. You innuendos quite strong yar....hahaha! The reason the traditional nuts taste better is nowadays the seller does not wear a sarong anymore and doesn't scratch underneath before serving the nuts. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph22 Turbocharged November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 Argue schmargue... Cute little analogies like this drive me batty... There was a perfectly good reason for the behaviour --- And throughout history, learning from our elders, from their experience, from their mistakes is a good thing. So let's put it another way - what if the monkeys knew why they shouldn't climb the ladder? Should they send up a volunteer once a month just to see if the other monkeys still get doused in cold water? What is the solution here? What the experiment has shown is "insitutional knowledge" - which in most organisations is considered a good thing 👍👍👍 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 What we have here is failure to communicate.. whistle... The old bird monkey didn't explain to the new bird why one should not climb the ladder. We human have better communication and therefore by right should not have this problem. Some people are too lazy to explain, just expect you to follow instruction. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_prince Supersonic November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 The other counter point to consider... What do you do if your 1 year old reaches towards an open flame? Stop him / her and possibly beat her hand right? After a while the kid knows not to reach towards open flame. Do you really want every kid to have to burn themselves to understand that you don't touch fire? Sometimes things are done a certain way for a good reason - even if we don't understand the reason, it doesn't invalidate it. don't make us beat you hor! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryn Turbocharged November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 don't make us beat you hor! Promise or threat? How you know I am not a masochist? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph22 Turbocharged November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 Promise or threat? How you know I am not a masochist? Only 1 picture to discribe the feeling. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super7 Turbocharged November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 Reminds me of my ns......hahaha.....all become monkeys with rank@ Can pls be a bit more specific or not? Skali the scholar generals say you call them monkeys!! They prefer to be called apes, not the same hor. LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super7 Turbocharged November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 the traditional ones sold by mamak wearing sarong and wrapped in a conical singtel yellow pages i like....the newer gen found nowadays like no soul wan....maybe i just prefer those of the older generation. You innuendos quite strong yar....hahaha! The same old yellow pages the mama seller crumbled up to soften it as toilet paper?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camrysfa Turbocharged November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 Someone in MCF must have known about this experiment. They then introduced the 'beating' mechanism via Dislike button. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Bear Turbocharged November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 Very interesting experiment. Many instances in real life. I heard of a similar experiment but with a slightly different outcome. After a period of time, one of the monkey got smart and gathered everyone monkey to discuss the futility of their violent behavior. What they needed to do was to unite and agree that everyone will be given their fair chance to climb the ladder. No monkeys will be left behind. He devised a scheme where the highest bidder every 2 weeks gets the climb the ladder to avoid arguments. It worked. However the banana has been replaced with a printed version. None of the monkeys knew any better than they have to get on the ladder at this point because, well, because. The scheme works so well that the monkey, who is now the leader (because he is clever) has plans to install another ladder and introduce another 50 monkeys into the cage. And for all his troubles, he will be paid peanuts. Well, at least the monkeys are not resorting to vigilante actions anymore. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philipkee Twincharged November 11, 2014 Share November 11, 2014 (edited) Apologies if I am off topic. Has anyone heard of this experiment? Basically its an experiment to see howfar will we go to obey authority. This has implications to statements that the Nazis were merely following orders. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment Do you think this might describe us as well in a less drastic version? Can someone help me embed? Paibsei Edited November 11, 2014 by Philipkee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fast1 Supersonic November 12, 2014 Share November 12, 2014 The other counter point to consider... What do you do if your 1 year old reaches towards an open flame? Stop him / her and possibly beat her hand right? After a while the kid knows not to reach towards open flame. Do you really want every kid to have to burn themselves to understand that you don't touch fire? Sometimes things are done a certain way for a good reason - even if we don't understand the reason, it doesn't invalidate it. That was exactly my point, albeit not in so many words. I don't think SGD15K a month is peanuts.. Well, you can buy a lot of peanuts with 15K, but it's not peanuts.. =D Monthly salary scale: 5K = "derisory" 40K (500K/yr) = "undignified" 50K (600K/yr) = "peanuts" I guess this is between derisory and undignified. And it looks like we'll be needing a whole new lexicon for money in Sinkapoor soon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kklee 6th Gear November 12, 2014 Share November 12, 2014 Very interesting experiment. Many instances in real life. What will the monkeys do if they are very hungry ? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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