FROG (Parable of the boiled)
Charles François (2004). FROG (Parable of the boiled), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1345.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1345 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences |
A parable aimed at showing the danger of unperceived slight, but accumulative long-term transformations.
A frog put in lukewarm water very progressively heated, adapts to the slowly increasing heat, until it is too late for escape and becomes boiled.
One wonders if a number of present slow, long term and not very perceptible transformations, mainly in ecosystems, are not equivalent for humankind to the boiled frog process.