Social conformity experiment by National Geographic

[Constance]

Hello everyone :waving:

This was a social experiment conducted by National Geographic in a series called Brain Games.
I don't want to say too much except to say that it is very telling about society.

I'll let this video speak for itself.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AegLdB7UI4U

[Aurelius]

... me finks it's for this very reason, that the world is in the state it is

[jaybee]

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whoops - don't want to spoil it - if you haven't watched the OP video yet - don't read this post....










what a shame no one rebelled ~

it would have been good if someone had started standing randomly without the beep to be different ~

I mean it wasn't a life or death situation - but perhaps that's where the urge to conform comes from ... ?

An animal instinct to be safer as part of a group and accepted by members of the group ?


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[TigaHawk]

If i was there i would have been the one to go against it!

Reminds me of when my mother had me ADD tested as a child. I was given a picture of a stop sign and a lamp post and asked which - out of the stop sign and the lamp post was happier. My answer was they were both equally happy. The lamp post provided light to the stop sign so people could see him and stop. The stop sign was happy for the light post's company. Just because you are given a box does not mean you are not meant to shape it into something else - or use a different thing entirely. It is what you make of it - you - the individual.

[Sérénité]

That's quite scary...that nobody even thought to ask the receptionist what the deal with the beeping was?! I'd have had to walk out!!!

It's like a scene out of one of those freaky dreams you have where everyone around you turns into crazy mind dead zombies...oh wait, that's real life ;)

[Ewan]

I'd love to have been there. :D

Unlike the Asian girl I would have asked my neighbour why, and if that answer didn't make sense I would have asked the receptionist. I don't know but I think that could be a good test of 'Are you a sheeple?', most on here would not fall into that pattern so easily I think.

Sérénité. :D Yes, that's real life.

[Flash]

This is soooooo telling, everyone here on Avalon should watch this. Bumping
Please thank this post as you watch.



Hello everyone :waving:

This was a social experiment conducted by National Geographic in a series called Brain Games.
I don't want to say too much except to say that it is very telling about society.


I'll let this video speak for itself.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AegLdB7UI4U

[MorningSong]

Wow! Incredible!

And yes, I too would not have gone along with those crazies and I would have asked for an explaination.... I probably would have eventually just stood up, moved over to the doorway ready to run out or I would have just left. I am still trying to digest this.... are these people brainless??? I don't understand how this could happen..... and I am appalled.

[DeDukshyn]

I love watching braingames - great show, my kids love it too ... and I also love how it shows I am different from most people, and it really does show often, how easy human perception can be fooled. It's a brilliant show, highly recommended to everyone. Every episode seems to have something interesting to offer.

[Flash]

You are doing great guys, nobody is conforming to my demands. Avalon members are not sheeps.
Bumping again, because the video shows what is truly going on in the world and why we are often in deep sh t, on one hand, and how to change it on the other hand (by being the social change consciously through acting differently, persistently and being followed).




This is soooooo telling, everyone here on Avalon should watch this. Bumping
Please thank this post as you watch.



Hello everyone :waving:

This was a social experiment conducted by National Geographic in a series called Brain Games.
I don't want to say too much except to say that it is very telling about society.


I'll let this video speak for itself.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AegLdB7UI4U

[Constance]

Ever since I have been posting on Avalon, I have been desperate to find the appropriate place to put this little icon. No :flock: here!

[Violet]

If i was there i would have been the one to go against it!

Reminds me of when my mother had me ADD tested as a child. I was given a picture of a stop sign and a lamp post and asked which - out of the stop sign and the lamp post was happier. My answer was they were both equally happy. The lamp post provided light to the stop sign so people could see him and stop. The stop sign was happy for the light post's company. Just because you are given a box does not mean you are not meant to shape it into something else - or use a different thing entirely. It is what you make of it - you - the individual.

I used to get punished for doing that as child. I had the feeling that most authority figures in my life couldn't manage to make a positive understanding out of what I was trying to communicate.

And nope :dancing: chastising didn't-a-work, still doing it :highfive:

...And still, even in adulthood, you get punished for it. It's the price you pay for being yourself. And when you lose yourself (which may happen) you have to go find it back.

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[Cassmiranda]

An interesting point is that our school systems demand students to conform at least as far as behaviour in the classroom.
I attended yet another PD (professional development) the other day around how to 'deal with' or 'manage' difficult students. The whole discussion is about how to get the students to understand the classroom protocol, mind you with the intention of supporting all students' learning. I guess the issue is how much conformity is required for a society to function? The irony is that often the students who were 'trouble' become creative and very productive contributors to society.

[bluestflame]

when given two main options always look for a third