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wisconsin_cur
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 Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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Crowds "Pick Leaders to Follow"
| Quote: | People behave like sheep when they evacuate a building in an emergency, blindly following one or two people who seem to know what they are doing.
Researchers at Leeds University believe their findings could have important applications, notably in the management of disasters.
The team, led by Prof Jens Krause, conducted a series of experiments in which volunteers were told to walk randomly around a large hall without talking to each other. A select few were then given more detailed instructions.
The results published today show that it takes a minority of just 5 per cent of what they called "informed individuals" to influence the direction of a crowd of a minimum of 200 people. The remaining herd of 95 per cent follow without realising it. |
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mmasters
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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Another study to point out the obvious! 
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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Crikey....5% non-sheep must find it frustrating!
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TheTurtle
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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| mmasters wrote: | | Another study to point out the obvious! |
Yeah. I learned this fact three decades ago when I was in the army.
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americandream
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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| americandream wrote: | | Crikey....5% non-sheep must find it frustrating! |
Scratch that...profitable!
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Revi
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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Have you read The Tipping Point? He says that it is even less than 5%. There are people who are innovators and others that are communicators. I am an innovator. I can have great ideas, but nobody follows me because I'm not a communicator. It takes those people who have a multitude of friends to move the herd.
I think people are beginning to be moveable.
The herd is beginning to realize that the way that they are living is not going to work.
Now all we have to do is to get them to move to sustainable ways of living.
If we can get just 5% moving the rest will follow.
Do we want them all to follow?
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PopeGideon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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"Now all we have to do is to get them to move to sustainable ways of living. "
Well, just get about 4 billion of them to willingly check out, and you'll be on your way. |
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kjmclark
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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| americandream wrote: | | americandream wrote: | | Crikey....5% non-sheep must find it frustrating! |
Scratch that...profitable! |
Except when they're trampled by sheep that are following some moron. US housing market - case in point. Everyone's taxes go up because of all the sheep volunteering to be the last ones in the Ponzi scheme. Now most people are going to get squashed by the credit crunch from the resulting collapse.
| Revi wrote: | | I think people are beginning to be moveable. ... If we can get just 5% moving the rest will follow. |
Moveable to mayhem, maybe. Around here they're just bleating louder. How do you get the 5% to move in the right direction? Or, how does .005% get the 5% moving in the right direction? We need one heck of a connector.
Finally, how do you know if you're one of the sheep or not? No one thinks that they're sheeple. All of us PO aware folks think we're the non-sheep, but what if Yergin, the Prez, etc. are really the leaders after all and we're being led by the nose without realizing it? |
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SILENTTODD
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:05 am Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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Baaaah!!!
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zoidberg
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:18 am Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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| what about the oddballs who either dont move, or consciously move away from the herd? |
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big_rc
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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| zoidberg wrote: | | what about the oddballs who either dont move, or consciously move away from the herd? |
Those are the ones who are usually shot or eaten by wolves (but every now and then find green pastures all to themselves).
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mos6507
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:09 am Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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| I don't think anyone here are sheep because I don't think you'd be able to fit your tinfoil hats on top of your horns. |
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Newfie
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:46 am Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged etc.
Idea has been around for a long time.
Some 19th century economist found that that 80% of anything is accomplished by 20% of the population. My understanding that has been refuted, the number is general closer to 10% (or less) accomplish 90% or more.
And, in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond observes the traits of animals fit for domestication. One of which is that they are easily led.
Seems to fit my observations.
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Pablo2079
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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| repeat after me "I am an individual." |
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gnm
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: Re: Study concludes: People are sheep |
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Just remember that you are unique and special just like everyone else...
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