Inside the scientist–convict experiment on the human brain
A man sentenced to death was about to be executed in the electric chair. The scientist offered the criminal a chance to participate in a scientific experiment.
This experiment involved making a small cut on his wrist, allowing his blood to drain drop by drop. He explained that his chances of survival were slim, but that, in any case, his death would be painless and without suffering, and he would not even feel it.
The condemned man accepted this death sentence rather than be executed in the electric chair. He was placed on a stretcher and tied so that he could not move. Then, a small, superficial cut was made on his wrist, and a small aluminium container was placed under his arm.
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The cut was superficial, affecting only the first layer of skin, but it was enough to make him believe his wrists had actually been slit. A bottle of serum had been placed under the bed, with a valve to control the flow of liquid drop by drop into the container below.
The convict could hear every drop and believed it was his own blood. Unbeknownst to him, the scientist gradually reduced the flow of the valve, leading him to believe his blood was thinning.
As the minutes passed, the convict’s face grew pale, his heart rate increased, and breathing became more difficult. When his anxiety reached its peak, the scientist closed the valve completely. At that moment, the convict suffered a heart attack and died.
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The scientist had just proven that the human brain rigidly adheres to whatever it sees and accepts, whether positive or negative, thus affecting our entire being, both psychologically and physically.
It is believed that the mind knows no bounds when it deceives itself. It’s even worse when it doesn’t understand something and creates its own version to explain it, such as when we consider certain events to be supernatural when they aren’t actually supernatural.
Often in life, we face problems that seem impossible to solve. Someone may tell us that there’s little chance of changing the situation, but we choose to believe only what we can understand and imagine.
“He who thinks about failure has already failed. He who thinks of victory is already one step ahead.”
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