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This Disneyland Bugs Bunny experiment

DonZabuDonZabu
edited 2012-01-19 09:42:18 in General
I was reading something about how these researchers were able to convince some people that they'd seen Bugs Bunny at Disneyland, proving something about memory in the process. I'd post a link, but I'm currently writing this from a smartphone.

Anyway, now I'm wondering if anyone is capable of being tricked like this, or if the people being tested on were just really dumb and gullible.

Comments

  • IanExMachinaIanExMachina
    edited 2012-01-19 09:46:34
    I am Dr. Ned who is totally not Dr. Zed in disguise.

    You can mess around a lot with people's memories.
    There are probably innumerable other studies showing similar effects, so less likely that only dumb or gullible people were tested.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Also, Bugs Bunny at Disney Land isn't unreasonable

    Somebody could easily sneak a costume in then put it on and walk around to screw with people
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    I don't think you need to play Magic to appreciate this example of something like that happening.


    So, yes, people can be tricked that way.

  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    I vaguely remember reading about this experiment too. Or do I?


    Joking apart, I can believe it. I have a massive tendency to say, "Oh, yeah I remember that" whenever people ask me if I do, simply to avoid looking like an idiot (although in reality I have a memory like a sieve). I think it's partly to do with the persuasive power of authority figures and similar social psychology ideas.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    Y'know how we had all those crazy urban legends going around before the advent of the internet?


     


    Y'know how we still have all those crazy urban legends going around even since the advent of the internet?


     


    Y'know how some people still think that Barack Hussein Obama II was born in Kenya?

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    Human memory is notorious for being extremely unreliable and suggestible.


    This experiment is actually rather tame, as they go. Researchers have been able to get people to "remember" that time their mothers lost them at the mall and it took forever to find them again, after getting confirmation from their mothers that nothing like that ever happened at all.

  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue

    For some reason I like to imagine someone trying this on Anonus and him not only immediately catching the inconsistency but then going on to ramble about Warner Bros. and Time Warner in general.

  • DonZabuDonZabu

    Well shit.

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    I've done this to people. Well, one person.

  • BeeBee

    Well not quite bringing in Bugs himself, but my high school symphonic band made a trip to Disneyland about 8 years ago (cripes, I feel old) and our director made us play our Looney Tunes Medley.  I thought we were gonna be lynched, but we got Donald and Beast dancing.

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