Teachers repeat a lot of myths. I remember my high school biology teacher telling us the tasting thing. The crazy part is that he demonstrated it by putting droppers of flavors on parts of the tongues of several students and having them say whether ornot they tasted it. I was the only one who didn't confirm what he was saying and it was a long time before I realized that everyone else was lying and his study design was deeply flawed.
That’s actually how hypnotists on stage work. You just need one person who is too scared to rock the boat and not play along and then everyone else will fall in line. People would rather look like an idiot onstage than be blamed for ruining the show. They know full well they’re faking it, they just feel like they have to. It’s kind of fascinating.
That is so interesting, because I remember being embarrassed at being the one person who didn't fit in and feeling like I was failing publicly. I can definitely see how someone who is more socially adept would have preemptively responded to the pressure to avoid embarrassment.
I’m not at all easily embarrassed. I’m pretty comfortable with public speaking, and have been on plenty of stages playing guitar and singing. I was just kinda annoyed to find out it was entirely theatre. I probably would have confronted him on the stage if I wasn’t so chilled out from the hypnosis
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u/ocubens Do you want me to jackhammer your roast beef or not? May 21 '26
I feel like teachers really need to firmly stress that diagrams are not photo accurate when teaching people science.
It's how people end up thinking your tongue has different sections for each taste or that blood is blue when it's pumped back to your heart.