In the middle of the desert you can say anything you want
The first part involved the use of healthy associates or
“pseudopatients” (three women and five men, including Rosenhan himself)
who briefly feigned auditory hallucinations in an attempt to gain
admission to 12 different psychiatric hospitals in five different states
in various locations in the United States. All were admitted and
diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. After admission, the
pseudopatients acted normally and told staff that they felt fine and had
no longer experienced any additional hallucinations. All were
forced to admit to having a mental
illness and agree to take antipsychotic
drugs as a condition of their release. The
average time that the patients spent in the hospital was 19 days. All
but one were diagnosed with schizophrenia “in remission” before their
release.
*The second part of his study involved an offended hospital
administration challenging Rosenhan to send pseudopatients to its
facility, whom its staff would then detect. Rosenhan agreed and in the
following weeks out of 193 new patients the staff identified 41 as
potential pseudopatients, with 19 of these receiving suspicion from at
least one psychiatrist and one other staff member. *In fact,
Rosenhan had sent no pseudopatients to the
hospital.
The study concluded “it is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane
from the insane in psychiatric hospitals” and also illustrated the
dangers of dehumanization and labeling in psychiatric institutions.
By requiring subordinates to speak untruths, a leader can
undercut their independent standing, including their
standing with the public, with the media and with other members of the
administration. That makes those individuals grow more dependent on the
leader […] Promoting such chains of lies is a classic
tactic when a leader distrusts his
subordinates and expects to continue to
distrust them in the future.
Another reason for promoting lying is what economists sometimes call
loyalty filters. If you want to ascertain if someone is
truly loyal to you, ask them to do something
outrageous or stupid. If they balk, then you know right
away they aren’t fully with you.
[…] creating a situation where the lack of trust is reciprocal
Each person in the chain contributes a panel to continue the story, but only sees the panel immediately before the one they draw. Hilarity ensues.
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Nietzsche’s quotes over a children’s comic Additionally: http://timeisaflatcircus.tumblr.com/
Slightly different output using the exact same text
Here comes the magic!
Task Score = ((Value Impact) + (10 - Time) + (10 - Complexity))/3
Too complex for you? Think about it like this — the best score will be
for the task with the greatest value, the shortest
time to implement and the least
complexity.