Excellent illustration of how the masses can't conclude, interpret, or think for themselves. They have to be told. Once a name is dropped; or a title..."the best in the world"; or etc..."3.5 million dollars;" only then do they 'get in character' and follow the crowd. As those little kids in the story get older, they'll also be programmed to do likewise. I notice this everywhere.
I don't know. Did you try googling it? Just kidding. I wish every twenty-something know it all on this board would read that and start to self reflect occasionally (aka practice mindfulness) instead of pollute E.T. with, well, with nothing of substance. We are all taught everything we know directly or indirectly, yet some feel the need to express what they learned along the way is of more value than what others learned along the way. If you aren't here to share or learn then I'm sure you can find a better place to play intellectual bully. Bobby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Bell#Washington_Post_experiment Washington Post experiment In an experiment initiated by The Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten, Bell donned a baseball cap and played as an incognito busker at the Metro subway station L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C. on January 12, 2007. The experiment was videotaped on hidden camera; of the 1,097 people who passed by, only seven stopped to listen to him, and only one recognized him. For his nearly 45-minute performance, Bell collected $32.17 from 27 passersby (excluding $20 from the passerby who recognized him).[8] Three days before, he earned considerably more playing the same repertoire at a concert. Weingarten won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for his article on the experiment.[19][20] The Washington Post posted the video on YouTube[21] and a feature-length documentary, Find Your Way: A Busker's Documentary, chronicled Bell's experience.[22]
Thank you, vanzandt, for your post. It's the best thing I've read for quite awhile. Reminds me of the "Free money" that Mark Douglas talked about in his first book. And the joke about rehab--"Rehab is where you spend 20 thousand dollars to find out that AA meetings are free."