THE TRIUMPH OF HOPE OVER EXPERIENCE is highlighted by the popularized anecdote of the swimming rat study. In this scenario, rats are put in a tank of water and swum to exhaustion, and just before drowning, they are rescued. After recovery, these same rats are again swum to exhaustion. But this time they have swum twice as long, triggered by the hopeful memory of a miraculous rescue.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022