I asked myself, is the story about the boiling frog true? Or is it a myth? Is it science, or even history?
I consulted the all-knowing Wiki...
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 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 gradual, according to modern biologists the premise is false: changing location is a natural thermoregulation strategy for frogs and other ectotherms, and is necessary for survival in the wild. A frog that is gradually heated will jump out. Furthermore, a frog placed into already boiling water will die immediately, not jump out. Wikipedia
Well, well... it appears to be a myth. All this time I thought is was true. Both science and history.
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I consulted the all-knowing Wiki...
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 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 gradual, according to modern biologists the premise is false: changing location is a natural thermoregulation strategy for frogs and other ectotherms, and is necessary for survival in the wild. A frog that is gradually heated will jump out. Furthermore, a frog placed into already boiling water will die immediately, not jump out. Wikipedia
Well, well... it appears to be a myth. All this time I thought is was true. Both science and history.
Were the Gospel accounts a mythology of Jesus?
Discussion on another thread about the potential mythology of the Old Testament raised questions for me about the Gospel accounts. Were they mythology as well? Consider this: - Questionable authorship. - Remarkable sameness of synoptic accounts. (copied) ??? - Written decades after the events...
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