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Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

harold aptroot4-Jul-14 5:50

4-Jul-14 5:50

So do I, but it might be of a different strength or duration. I'm only familiar with the 230V from the grid (not fun), static shocks of varying intensity (a bit fun?) and electric fences (would touch for a bet but not for entertainment).

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

johannesnestler4-Jul-14 9:09

johannesnestler

4-Jul-14 9:09

read the article again - all experienced the shock already before the axperiment! OMG | :OMG:

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

harold aptroot4-Jul-14 9:20

harold aptroot

4-Jul-14 9:20

Would still do it.

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Stefan_Lang6-Jul-14 20:15

Stefan_Lang

6-Jul-14 20:15

So I thought as well - I mean it couldn't be that bad. I actually wondered about that aspect of curiosity so much I actually read the article, and - lo and behold! - it goes on to state

wired wrote:
that every participant had already received the shock before the trial. And every one had said they would pay to not experience it again. Hard cash.

GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

PIEBALDconsult4-Jul-14 5:30

PIEBALDconsult

4-Jul-14 5:30

ZAP. Ooh yes. ZAP ZAP. Oh oh oh yes! ZAP ZAP ZAP. Oooohh daddy likes...

Etc. just to mess with their heads.

You can't prove intent.

You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

User 48350474-Jul-14 6:02

User 4835047

4-Jul-14 6:02

Who would have thought?

modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Sander Rossel4-Jul-14 6:35

Sander Rossel

4-Jul-14 6:35

I can't believe no one said this yet, but...
Those are some shocking results! Cool | :cool:

It's an OO world.

public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
   public void DoWork()
   {
      throw new NotSupportedException();
   }
}

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

SortaCore6-Jul-14 22:15

SortaCore

6-Jul-14 22:15

Sander Rossel wrote:
Those are some shocking results!

They are quite electrifying - they made my hair stand up.

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Mark_Wallace4-Jul-14 6:49

Mark_Wallace

4-Jul-14 6:49

It's a well-known fact that the vast majority of people can't stand being alone, and need to be in some kind of communication with other people at all times -- hence the overwhelming popularity of mobile phones and social media, and even fora like this one (although I think people come here when they don't want to work, rather than to not be alone).

People generally are a pack of bluddy idiots who don't have enough ideas in their heads to keep them busy for five minutes.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

dandy724-Jul-14 7:17

dandy72

4-Jul-14 7:17

Mark_Wallace wrote:
It's a well-known fact that the vast majority of people can't stand being alone, and need to be in some kind of communication with other people at all times -- hence the overwhelming popularity of mobile phones and social media

Indeed. I don't own a cell phone, I don't have a twitter or facebook account, and I actually prefer being left the f*ck alone for extended periods of time.

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Paul M Watt4-Jul-14 8:53

Paul M Watt

4-Jul-14 8:53

Now the real question is:

What would it look like if more than one person was in the room, and pushing the button would shock at least one of them.

Now is it going to be boredom to drive those people to push the button?!

... probably not!

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

harold aptroot4-Jul-14 9:05

harold aptroot

4-Jul-14 9:05

That seems like a fun experiment Smile | :)

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Sander Rossel4-Jul-14 10:10

Sander Rossel

4-Jul-14 10:10

They should have one of those epic trailer soundtracks playing too.

Dundundundun... Two buttons... Dundundundun... Two people... Dundundundun... Will they do the unthinkable?... DUNDUNDUNDUNDUN... Will they survive!? DUUUUUUUUN...

And all the while these people will be staring at each other, sweating like pigs, keeping one eye on the other's button, hands above their own... Big Grin | :-D

It's an OO world.

public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
   public void DoWork()
   {
      throw new NotSupportedException();
   }
}

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Paul M Watt4-Jul-14 12:36

Paul M Watt

4-Jul-14 12:36

LOL.

And that's the thing with psychology experiments anything goes... you tell them the button zaps the other person, but it zaps themselves.

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Stefan_Lang6-Jul-14 20:17

Stefan_Lang

6-Jul-14 20:17

Better yet, keep it to one person in the room, but tell them it would shock the observers Cool | :cool:

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Philip.F4-Jul-14 10:39

Philip.F

4-Jul-14 10:39

I did not read the article. But I'm pretty sure that button was red. Interesting buttons usually are. And now, I ask, who in this whole wide world (www) would NOT press a red button????
(Especially if it has some text like: "don't press the button" or "launch" on it).

I'm done here. I'm going to find buttons to press. And I hope I did not push somebody's buttons here.

I won’t not use no double negatives.

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Joe Woodbury5-Jul-14 7:57

Joe Woodbury

5-Jul-14 7:57

A combination of simple cost benefit analysis and curiosity. Clearly, the shock wouldn't be strong enough to kill you, so why not?

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Nguyen.H.H.Dang6-Jul-14 16:08

Nguyen.H.H.Dang

6-Jul-14 16:08

i will press it, just for curiousing, but not 190 times Laugh | :laugh:

In code we trust !

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Stefan_Lang6-Jul-14 20:19

Stefan_Lang

6-Jul-14 20:19

Maybe you would if they told you the one pressing it most would win? Poke tongue | ;-P

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Nguyen.H.H.Dang6-Jul-14 20:29

Nguyen.H.H.Dang

6-Jul-14 20:29

no no, i dont like to give myself an electric shock Laugh | :laugh:

In code we trust !

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

SortaCore6-Jul-14 22:20

SortaCore

6-Jul-14 22:20

Nguyen.H.H.Dang wrote:
but not 190 times

He was trying to activate Hulk mode. Or kept trying his skills as a electrokinetic. (cue Dilbert comic)

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Nguyen.H.H.Dang6-Jul-14 22:27

Nguyen.H.H.Dang

6-Jul-14 22:27

lol

In code we trust !

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Freak307-Jul-14 1:15

Freak30

7-Jul-14 1:15

Maybe the first button press send him into an muscle spasm leading to the subsequent presses. He just couldn't get the finger away from the damn button earlier. Big Grin | :-D

The good thing about pessimism is, that you are always either right or pleasently surprised.

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Mike Ellison7-Jul-14 6:22

Mike Ellison

7-Jul-14 6:22

I wonder if in the experiment, the participants had the opportunity before starting the 6 to 15 minutes of "thinking" to press the button to know for themselves that the shock would be administered, or if they were simply told that it would be and they had to take that on faith. I would think the conclusions could be very different depending on the answer.

If participants were simply told, their choice to press the button may be more rooted in a desire to explore the environment and learn for themselves what happens. One could conclude that the experiment results indicate more a repudiation of blind faith in what they've been told than an unwillingness to spend 15 minutes thinking.

On the other hand, if this was accounted for -- say, if the participants could test the button for themselves before beginning the experiment, and knew first-hand the shock that would occur -- then the results are much more interesting.

www.MishaInTheCloud.com

Re: Men would rather give themselves an electric shock than sit alone in a room with nothing to do

Drewcrewof27-Jul-14 10:00

Drewcrewof2

7-Jul-14 10:00

What shocking news!

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