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Story of a psych experiment with apes that explain
From:
"De banaan wordt bespreekbaar", cultuurverandering in
ambtelijk en politiek Groningen. door Tom Pauka en
Rein Zunderdorp (Nijgh en van Ditmar, 1988)
Translated:
"The banana becomes open to discussion", cultural changes in
administrative and political Groningen (city in Netherlands) by
Tom Pauka and Rein Zunderdorp (Nijgh and van Ditmar, 1988)]
Red-tapism:
Take a cage with apes. In the cage we hang a banana on a string, and
put stairs under it. Before long an ape goes to the stairs towards
the banana, but as soon as it even touches the stairs, all apes are
sprayed with water. After a while the same ape or another one makes
another attempt, with the same result: all apes are sprayed. If later
another ape tries to climb the stairs, the others will try to prevent
it.
Now we take one ape from the cage and put in a new one. The new
ape sees the banana, and wants to climb the stairs. To his horror
all other apes attack him. After another attempt he knows: if he
wants to climb the stairs, he is beaten up. Then we remove a
second ape and replace it by another new one. The newcomer goes
to the stairs and gets beaten up. The previous
new ape takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm.
A third old ape is replaced by a third new one. The new one
makes it to the stairs and get beaten up as well. Two of the
apes who beat him, have no idea why you may not climb the stairs.
We replace the fourth old ape, and the fifth, etc. until all
apes which ones have been sprayed with water have been replaced.
Nevertheless, no ape ever tries to climb the stairs.
"But Sir, why not?"
"Because that's the way we do things here, lad."
-- Rob and Huub
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