Boiling frog

The boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly.
While some 19th-century experiments suggested that the underlying premise is true if the heating is sufficiently gradualOfferman, Theo (February 12, 2010). "How to subsidize contributions to public goods" (PDF).Sedgwick 1888, p. 399, according to modern biologists the premise is false: a frog that is gradually heated will jump out."Next Time, What Say We Boil a Consultant". Fast Company Issue 01. October 1995. Retrieved 2017-08-01.Gibbons, Whit (December 23, 2007). "The Legend of the Boiling Frog is Just a Legend". Ecoviews. Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2021. Changing location is a natural thermoregulation strategy for frogs and other ectotherms, and is necessary for survival in the wild.
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