the human thinking. Well, I forgot what was the purpose of the video but here
is how it goes. There is a scenario where a trained actor who is a really hot girl,
who takes a walk in a crowded street and she suddenly faints(she pretends).
There she lies on the ground, and within seconds people rush to her aid picking
her up and calling 911. According to the study, it took about an average of 6 seconds
before people rushed to help her. Does this means that our human society are a bunch
of loving and helpful people? We'll look at the seconds scenario.
There is another male actor, dressed as a homeless man who walks on a crowded
street and faints(he pretends) all of the sudden. This "homeless man" wasnt exactly
as fortunate as the attractive lady. People walked pass by him and ignored him. There
he laid on the ground while people walked by taking little notice of him, keeping their
distance from him while walking by. It took about 20++ minutes before some people
who reluctantly helped him by calling 911. None of them bothered to make physical
contact with him unlike the attractive woman. Perhaps there is still hope for us afterall?
We'll let's take a look at the third scenario.
The same male actor still dressed as a homeless man faints on a crowded street. This
time he is holding an empty can of beer. Again people walk pass by ignoring him and
keeping the distance as usual. This time, even after 20++ minutes people continue
ignoring him. But an astonishing 80 mins go buy and still nobody helps him. Then
when it looked like our perfect moralistic and ethical society was about to lose its
image, another homeless woman appraoches the "homeless man". She nudges him
and asks him to wake up. But the actor followed instructions and remained motionless.
She continued nudging him and he doesnt respond. So she stood by him asking passer by's
to call him an ambulance. People ignored her making no eye contact. Yet she stood there,
still asking people to call an ambulance as she had no handphone, and people ignored her.
keeping the distance as usual. This time, even after 20++ minutes people continue
ignoring him. But an astonishing 80 mins go buy and still nobody helps him. Then
when it looked like our perfect moralistic and ethical society was about to lose its
image, another homeless woman appraoches the "homeless man". She nudges him
and asks him to wake up. But the actor followed instructions and remained motionless.
She continued nudging him and he doesnt respond. So she stood by him asking passer by's
to call him an ambulance. People ignored her making no eye contact. Yet she stood there,
still asking people to call an ambulance as she had no handphone, and people ignored her.
At one point she took the empty can of beer from the actor's hand and threw it away
and continued asking passer-bys to call an ambulance. It took about a good 20 mins
before a woman called an ambulance. While the ambulance was arriving, the homeless
woman gave the actor words of encouragement, and told him the ambulance was coming.
She even called him by a name, which was Billy, as though she had already developed
a connection with this passed out "homeless man". When help arrived this homeless
woman didnt even expect any form of gratitude. She just walked off carrying on with
her life disappearing in the city
Ask yourself, if you were one of the passer-bys would you help? Would you just spend
10 secs of ure life calling an ambulance atleast? Honest I think you wouldnt, cos I wouldnt.
A drunken homeless man passed out on the road. Who gives a shit right? But not this
homeless woman. Makes all us God-fearing, moralistic, self respecting and ethical
human beings look like shit right? This post doesnt encourage you to do anything, just
to think about it. How many percent of human beings out there would have a heart
as big as this homeless woman's? Sometimes it takes more than just forwarding
emails to save a life. Dont you think so?
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