Most of us are aware of the boiling frog syndrome. The legend is as follows: When you place a frog in a container with hot water, the frog will react immediately to the “danger” and jump out or escape, by any means possible. However, if you place the frog in a container with cold water and gradually turn up the heat, the frog is totally oblivious to the impending “danger”. It gets used to the water warming up, due to the gradual nature of the heat being applied. If the heat is applied too quickly, the frog will recognize the difference and react; therefore the heat must be increased very slowly. This removes the detection of danger, as the frog slowly gets used to the warm water. At a certain temperature, when the frog finally discovers the “danger”, it does not jump out because it can’t as it's been half cooked already. What happens next is - IT DIES! The frog was free to leave the container at any time, but it sits there while it's being boiled alive! Why? It never detected the gradual deceit!
