Give your average dumb animal (or, even dumber, computer) two objects. Both are locked up in wayssuch that the subject is unable to get at them, but they could probably be unlocked, with enougheffort and time.
Add in a condition such that, while both objects are desirable, they produce different effects.Being around object A makes him smile for hours afterward. Object B makes him nervous and stupidwhile he’s around it, and after it leaves he feels sad and vaguely worthless.
I can give you a pretty good hypothesis about which one he’ll spend more time trying to get to. Butthen, I’d also always thought I was smarter than your average dumb animal.
Tonight I’m playing the bongos, putting together a Theatre History presentation and studying for anevil, evil Calc test. We’ll see whether I live.
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