What does it mean to cook frogs in warm water? Please help me, I am very grateful! Thank you all.

"Boiling a frog in warm water" means that if you put it in boiling water, it will jump out, but if you slowly heat it in cold water, it will be boiled to death without realizing the danger, which means that people can't or won't notice the emerging threat or respond to it.

"Boiling frogs in warm water" comes from a "frog boiling experiment" conducted by scientists at Cornell University in the United States at the end of 19. When scientists put the frog into water (not boiled water) at 40 degrees Celsius, the frog couldn't stand the sudden high temperature stimulation and immediately jumped out of the boiled water to escape successfully.

When the researchers first put the frog in a container filled with cold water, and then slowly heated it (rising by 0.2 degrees Celsius per minute), the result was different. On the contrary, frogs are comfortable in the water, because the water temperature is comfortable at first. The frog found that he couldn't stand the high temperature, but he was unable to do so, and he was boiled to death by hot water before he knew it.

Extended data meaning:

Too comfortable environment often contains danger. Habitual lifestyle may be the biggest threat to you. To change all this, we must constantly innovate and break the old model.

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