Although I study Psychology, but sometimes I get really scared by such experiments. Universe 25 was an experiment conducted by John Calhoun to study the effects of a colony of mice within a perfect inhabitable scenario in order to mimic the. Is Utopia really that good that you forgot your morality? I read a infinite game novel yesterday, where this experiment was mentioned in one arc and it made me think whether we humans would ever face such situations in distant far away future? They had everything, food, shelter and protection. ![]() By 600th day the population was on brink of extinction, though physically able to reproduce, the mice forget how to engage in courtship. What's more scary is when the population peaked at 2,200 mice in Utopia, abnormal behavioural was seen such as destructive behaviour, mothers abandoning their young ones, refusal to mating and homosexuality. They would only eat in company of other mice. In short, it was seen that some mice could not eat alone but began to view feeding as a community activity. As the population grew, behavioural patterns of mice were disrupted. ![]() Four breeding pairs of mice were placed them inside a "utopia". Population Density and Social Pathology When a population of laboratory rats lS allowed to confined space, the rats develop acutely abnormal lncrease In patterns of behavior that can even lead to the extinction In Malthus, vice and misery impose the ultimatethe celebrated natural limitthesis on oftheThomas growth of populations. They were kept in enclosed spaces in which they were given unlimited access to food and water, enabling unfettered population growth. It was a series of experiment done on rats where they created a utopia for them. ![]() Have you ever heard about rat Utopia experiment? What are your thoughts about it? Do you think it's findings are applicable to human?įor those who don't know about rat utopia experiment.
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