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| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
This could well be a possibility.
I know Dan is aware of this phenomenon, but I should point out that we're often just superstitious pigeons. The lift where I live is a bit dysfunctional, and it randomly freezes after it closes it doors and doesn't move for 10 seconds or so. What did I do when it first happened? I waited and, sure enough, after 10 seconds, the lift did what it was supposed to do. So, whenever it happened again, I was fully aware of the fact that nothing I did could make that bloody metallic box go up or down. However, whenever there was someone else with me on the lift, and it froze, my companion would often do bizarre things claiming it would help the lift go back to normal.
I witnessed all sorts of button pressing, door slamming, passionate praying (yes, and God apparently helped the elevator move!), and reckless hopping in that small confined space. My favourite was a crippled girl who had just one leg so she would press her back against the wall and "jump".
I can't tell how much I learnt about human behaviour thanks to that glitch. |
That is pretty much behavioural psychology 
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