I had an idea for a rodent experiment and I'm not a scientist so I'm posting it here.
Take a large amount of social rodents (say, 6000) and split them into groups of 20. Give them bland food and water in large soundproof glass boxes where they can see the other boxes. Once every 3 days, drug them and randomly put them into new groups, so that the odds of any subject being put back with any of the subjects they shared their first box with are pretty low. Once every 6-12 days, kill all the subjects in one box in plain sight of the other boxes and subjects.
The experiment is gathering data as to what proportion of the subjects become violent vs what proprortion become depressed. Now do this for humans, with city blocks they aren't allowed to leave instead of boxes.
Is this a good experiment?
Take a large amount of social rodents (say, 6000) and split them into groups of 20. Give them bland food and water in large soundproof glass boxes where they can see the other boxes. Once every 3 days, drug them and randomly put them into new groups, so that the odds of any subject being put back with any of the subjects they shared their first box with are pretty low. Once every 6-12 days, kill all the subjects in one box in plain sight of the other boxes and subjects.
The experiment is gathering data as to what proportion of the subjects become violent vs what proprortion become depressed. Now do this for humans, with city blocks they aren't allowed to leave instead of boxes.
Is this a good experiment?
