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A frog sitting on the handle of a saucepan on a hot stove. The frog in this photo was unharmed. [1] The boiling frog is an apologue 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 ...
The boiling frog is an anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive.The premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
Responding less and less to stimuli that repeat is a human phenomenon that social scientists call habituation. Over time, what once amazed you becomes ordinary. ... We should take the boiling frog ...
Contrary to the allegorical story about the boiling frog, frogs die immediately when cast into boiling water, rather than leaping out; furthermore, frogs will attempt to escape cold water that is slowly heated past their critical thermal maximum. [71] The memory span of goldfish is much longer than just a few seconds. It is up to a few months long.
An image of a frog in an article on a story about frogs is well within that definition. Siawase 04:41, 23 December 2010 (UTC) A partially submerged frog without evidence that it is being boiled is not significantly related to boiling frog. It is significantly related to frog or amphibian. Ancos 06:21, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
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Investors are ‘a frog in boiling water’ after brushing off the Iran-Israel conflict too quickly, top economist says. Jason Ma. April 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM. Menahem Kahana—AFP via Getty Images.
A frog sitting on the handle of a saucepan on a hot stove. The frog in this photo was unharmed. The ...