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Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway
they replace one sat a time and have the new one attempt to grab the banana. He learns that anyone going for it will get beat'n. He doesn't know why but when your a monkey 'why' isn't something you think about. So an original is replaced and the new monkey tries for the banana and gets the same treatment. It just keeps going and going with the addition of a new monkey. I wonder what would it take in terms of a new population to over turn the behavior? Instead of adding 1 new you added 50% of the population. Would they comply with the actions of the others if they just witnessed without getting sprayed?
How many new to the fold would it take to overthrow the old actions?
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i think that is happening with the next generation...regarding trees and cars.
I blame the movie "the lorax"
I dropped a tree this weekend and the young neighbour down the street had a fit. Same fit that causes him to call bylaw (with no penalty to us ) every time I start my 911 or my other neighbour starts his ferrari.
I'm sure he has no idea why he does it but I'll bet there were monkeys involved.