Limiting Beliefs

Mysteri0n · 2011-10-29T17:06:18+00:00

I... have never wanted to see monkeys beat each other up more in my life. For science, of course.

konical · 2011-10-29T17:37:31+00:00

Not sure if this should be in seduction, but i've never seen this in my internet life of 20 years, so it gets my upvote anyway

badave · 2011-10-29T16:22:11+00:00

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TheEllimist · 2011-10-29T16:33:34+00:00

Reminds me of a story I heard about mother using two small pots to boil water. Her child asked why she uses two small pots to boil water instead of one large pot. The mother said it's because her mother did the same thing, and that's because her mother did it too, and her mother as well. So they asked the great grandmother why she used two small pots and the answer was "because we were really poor and couldn't afford pots, so we got two small ones instead of one big one".

So yeah, people adopt victim mentality, and nice guy syndromes all the time. Limiting beliefs are easily caught like viruses. First hand knowledge > anything else.

danxmason · 2011-10-30T02:02:41+00:00

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kyurah · 2011-10-29T17:57:38+00:00

Haha I thought I was reading that in /r/ psychology and was wondering why it was using the monkey pictures. In a nutshell this is about the formation and persistence of arbitrary norms, and is hilariously real. If you're interested, look into the study by Sherif and MacNeil.

http://www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/Sherif/Sherif_1976a.html

WhereAreMyMinds · 2011-10-29T18:54:46+00:00

source of the study?

bski1776 · 2011-10-29T19:27:04+00:00

I agree with the sentiment but in the above situation, wouldn't doing things how they've always been done actually be helpful (no cold showers for any monkeys) even if they didn't know why?

DesignMyself · 2011-10-30T06:07:21+00:00

Many monkeys wouldn't just say, "That's how it's done." They would have made up some reason to justify their behavior and why it's important.

2011-10-30T06:44:58+00:00

Seems plausible, but source please?

Also, why is it in r/seduction?

IV-65536 · 2011-10-29T19:59:13+00:00

I don't get why the monkeys beat each other up in the first place.

2011-10-29T20:22:16+00:00

Poor monkeys.

MARSpu · 2011-10-31T04:05:40+00:00

Holy shit, I was wondering why I had 600 beside my name.

Drakoneeum · 2011-10-29T19:46:57+00:00

Not a bad thing. it would appear they can learn through others. Life would be pretty stagnate if we always had to do everything ourselves and not believe in some of the things that have been proven before.

The flaw in this story is that the scientist turned off the water, it does not indicate the animals are somehow stupid. It just means the rules have changed.

I guess we should "touch a hot stove" routinely to see if it still burns, the rules may have changed....

whatwhywhy · 2011-10-29T18:11:19+00:00

fucking scientists... leave those monkeys alone

edit: I didnt notice this post is actually belong to seddit...

hosmos · 2011-10-29T21:39:43+00:00

Religion?

2011-10-29T17:59:23+00:00

Mind was blown all over the wall, thanks OP

balr · 2011-10-30T00:25:14+00:00

Why is this posted in r/seduction and not in r/atheism?

tortangtalong69 · 2011-10-30T05:37:53+00:00

mind = blown

Title	Limiting Beliefs
Author	MARSpu
Upvotes	692
Comments	68
Date	October 29, 2011 3:55 PM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/seduction
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/seduction/comments/lt9on/limiting_beliefs/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/seduction/limiting-beliefs.1324375 https://theredarchive.com/post/1324375

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