You may have heard of the “5 monkeys experiment.” It is called by several different names: the 5 monkey experiment, the monkeys in a cage experiment, the monkeys and social control experiment, etc. It is a cleverly designed experiment, though ethically questionable, which tests the influence of groupthink and tradition.
The experiment is extremely telling and says a lot about how we come to believe what we are told, even without a full explanation for why.
And though the experiment is widely cited, no source is ever given. To me, this seems to suggest that the entire experiment is a hoax.
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