Re: Is true?


"Random" <randomiez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> There's an old story about a frog and a pot (or saucepan) of
> water. If
> you leave the frog in the pot while you slowly heat the
> water, it won't
> jump out, even as you slowly boil it alive. If you throw it
> into
> boiling water, it will immediately try to escape.
>
> Unfortunately, I've just discovered that this story is
> completely
> false. Not directly, mind-- I didn't try to boil any frogs
> alive or
> anything. No, just Googled it and came up with some
> professors who had
> taken it upon themselves to boil some frogs alive.
>
> Dastardly deeds...
>
> But now I know the truth, thanks to their cold-blooded
> attempts at
> murder.
>
> Actually it's only half false. The frog *will* immediately
> try to
> escape the boiling water.
>
> Anyway, the fable has always been a particularly useful one
> to me and I
> was wondering if anybody knew some equally simplistic,
> natural, and
> efficacious fable that could be used to axiomatically
> illustrate that
> sudden changes are usually very apparent, or that gradual
> change in
> circumstance can go unnoticed. I've used this fable for so
> many lessons
> (which still hold true), such as when it's best to lie in
> wait and dump
> the boiling water all over Party X, or when it's best to
> slowly reveal
> one's hand so no one notices, or when one mustn't be too
> quick to brush
> off what at first appeared to be an unreasonable claim but
> is gradually
> proven by little bits and pieces, et cetera, et cetera.
>
> Anyone know a good replacement that happens to be true?


'every disaster begins with the faintest compromise'

'The first compromise begins before the first meeting'

'The initial positioning establishes the fatal compromise'





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