boiling frog boiling frog describing frog slowly boiled alive premise frog suddenly boiling water jump cold water brought slowly perceive danger cooked death story metaphor inability people react aware threats rise gradually 19th century experiments suggested underlying premise true heating sufficiently gradual according contemporary premise false submerged frog gradually heated jump science advancing science experiments observing reaction frogs slowly heated water took place 19th century experiments searching location soul german demonstrated frog brain removed remain slowly heated water intact frog attempted escape water reached experiments showed frogs attempt escape gradually heated water experiment demonstrated normal frog attempt escape water heated slowly raised temperature water minutes minute experiment prompted normal frogs attempt escape heated frogs course minutes rate minute variation frog induced changes temperature writes experiment scripture temperature raised rate second frog found dead end hours having moved explained apparent contradiction results experiments consequence different heating rates experiments truth appears heating sufficiently gradual movements produced normal frog rapid place rate fairly called gradual secure response normal frog circumstances modern sources tend dispute phenomenon real professor department said frog boiling water won jump die cold water jump gets hot don sit curator reptiles amphibians rejected suggestion saying frog means getting certainly professor emeritus research interest thermal relations amphibians said legend entirely incorrect described critical thermal maximum frog species determined contemporary research experiments water heated minute frog increasingly active tries escape eventually jumps container allows use metaphor boiling frog story generally offered metaphor people aware gradual change suffer eventual undesirable consequences invoked support slippery slope argument caution business reinforce change needs gradual accepted expression boiling frog syndrome standing pat story times illustrate widely varying viewpoints sympathy soviet_union cold war impending collapse civilization anticipated 1990s response climate change staying abusive relationships warn slow erosion civil rights novel story author spends chapter metaphor boiling frog describe human history population growth food surplus character mentioned disaster movie peak reference accumulating warning signs volcano version story new_york_times presentations movie truth describe ignorance global warming movie version frog rescued harmed use story referenced ironically writer director title comedic documentary frog boiling frog title novel gradual political corruption background thriller law professor legal commentator commented regardless behavior real frogs boiling frog story useful metaphor comparing metaphor head sand economics nobel new_york_times writer story metaphor july column pointing real frogs behave differently journalist advocating people stop retelling story describing stupid myth following column declared peace boiled frog said story fine long point literally true philosophy philosophy boiling frog story way explaining describes hypothetical sand individual grains removed time asks specific point longer defined
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