Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Herd mentality

*** can't remember if I had posted this ***

Waiting for my flight at hkia. Passengers circled the gate 10 ft away. No one dared to approach it.

What the heck. I approached the agent asking quietly when boarding would commence. "Captain just arrived. Please wait a minute" he said. I directed myself to the gate and stood. 3seconds later, the herd arrived with lightning speed. Lined up right behind me. I smiled inside.

Experiment completed. My hypothesis was: most people are followers. Granted this sample of population was not really valid and lack of scientific control group etc. Still fun to see what happened with one's action and everyone's unified desire.


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