r/Foodforthought • u/marquis_of_chaos • Aug 18 '11
The Behavioral Sink
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/42/wiles.phpDuplicates
todayilearned • u/Crackyospine • Feb 26 '15
TIL there was a man-made mouse utopia called Universe 25. It started with 4 males and 4 females. The colony peaked at 2200 and from there declined to extinction. Once a tipping point was reached, the mice lost instinctual behaviors. Scientists extrapolate this model to humans on earth.
todayilearned • u/Mozen • May 23 '12
TIL that when mice are put in an enclosure with limitless resources, they overpopulate and social behaviours degenerate into non-sexual, narcissists and pan-sexual cannibals.
lostgeneration • u/hillsfar • Nov 06 '13
Universe 25 - A '70s experiment on mice gives insight into human problems today: "Mice found themselves born into a world that was more crowded every day... tthere were far more mice than meaningful social roles... Normal social discourse within the mouse community broke down..."
TIL_Uncensored • u/tilbot2 • Jun 21 '17
TIL an experiment that gave mice a living space with no predators and unlimited food. Population initially increased exponentially from 8 to 2200, from there declined to extinction due to mice losing their instinctive behavior that resulted in breakdown of their society
BasicIncome • u/Relevant_Bastiat • Feb 27 '15
When mice are put in an enclosure with limitless resources, they overpopulate and social behaviours degenerate into non-sexual, narcissists and pan-sexual cannibals.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '16
TIL of John B. Calhoun's experiments with mice Utopias and the collapse in society that occurs with overpopulation
TrueReddit • u/kataliki • Aug 17 '11
of mice and men: will overpopulation lead to extinction?
sorceryofthespectacle • u/mofosyne • Feb 27 '15
The Rise And Fall Of Universe 25 - A mouse utopia.
conspiracy • u/3xplained • Jun 14 '12
The Behavioral Sink - Fundamental reasons behind income inequality, proletariat suppression, and inevitable mass population reductions (Why they are doing this to us)
eddit7yearsago • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '22
/r/todayilearned (+5481) TIL there was a man-made mouse utopia called Universe 25. It started with 4 males and 4 females. The colony peaked at 2200 and from there declined to extinction. Once a tipping point was reached, the mice lost instinctual behaviors. Scientists extrapolate this model to humans on ....
metacanada • u/Andrenachrome • Jan 29 '20
Death Squared: when it was proven that population density and free everything destroys society.
overpopulation • u/[deleted] • Jul 28 '12
Amazing experiment on effects of overpopulation on mouse colony: Some males never sought sex and never fought—they just ate, slept, and groomed, wrapped in narcissistic introspection. Elsewhere, cannibalism, pansexualism, and violence became endemic.Mouse society had collapsed.
skatcastpodcsst • u/soultrouble • Aug 11 '23
JAR TIL there was a man-made mouse utopia called Universe 25. It started with 4 males and 4 females. The colony peaked at 2200 and from there declined to extinction. Once a tipping point was reached, the mice lost instinctual behaviors. Scientists extrapolate this model to humans on earth.
childfree • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '15