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2BlacknBlue

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"A group of scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage with a ladder in the middle. They placed some bananas on the top of the ladder. Whenever one of the monkeys succeeded reaching the bananas on the ladder, the scientists sprayed water on the monkeys who were on the ground. After a period of time, none of the monkeys were able to reach the bananas as the rest of the monkeys would beat anyone who tried to reach the top of the ladder. In time, none of the monkeys had the courage to try getting the bananas. The scientists took one of the monkeys out and replaced him with a new monkey who was not familiar with the attitude in the cage. Naturally, the new monkey tried to get to the bananas on the ladder but the other four old monkeys kept beating him. After several tries, the monkey found he was not allowed to have the bananas without knowing why, as he did not experience any of the water spray. The scientists changed the monkeys one after another with new monkeys, and every time a new monkey would come to the cage and try to get the bananas the rest of the monkeys would beat him up, and at this point, the scientists were no longer spraying the monkeys with water anymore. Now there were five new monkeys who did not have the courage to get the bananas without even knowing why. If you were able to ask any of the monkeys; “Why do you not try getting the bananas from the ladder and eat them?” , the answer would be; “We don’t know but this is the system of the place.”
 
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cute story (I think it's been posted here at least once before) but another final conclusion might well have been "if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it."