The Monkeys and the Banana Experiment
call HART crazy .. but
Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb toward the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon … when another monkey approaches the stairs, the remaining monkeys will try to prevent it.
Now .. put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey soon sees the banana and tries to climb the stairs, but to his horror .. all other monkeys attack him! After another attempt and resulting attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs .. he will be assaulted.
