The Universe 25

How to make paradise? It’s hard to say, at least for people. In 1972, John B. Calhoun attempted to make a paradise for mice: a square tank two-to-two, one-and-a-half meters high. Food, temperate climate, cleanliness, nests for females, horizontal and vertical walks for males. Four pairs of healthy rats were sent to heaven. After 104 days, they had their first offspring. Parents took care of the children. In the "Universe 25" (so called the experiment) came the golden age. The mice loved each other and every 55 days the population doubled, only after 315 days the growth slowed. In the universe 25 there were now more than 600 mice. The males became more difficult to defend their territory, the moves now needed to crawl, free social roles almost did not remain, as well as free space. There appeared the "denied", and they began to gather in groups in the center - their outbursts met with violent resistance. Soon, mothers began to psychotically attack their children, the birth rate fell. Single females moved to the top hard-to-reach nest, and among males there became more and more pronounced narcissism. These males did not fight, did not want carnal comforts – they only ate, slept, and engaged in self-analysis. But at the same time, in the distant corners, cannibalism, sinfulness and violence flourished. After 18 months, the mouse growth of the universe finally stopped. And a month later (600 days from the beginning of paradise life), with a very low number of new pregnancies, the mortality of the young man reached 100 percent. Narcissistic males and females hiding in distant holes lost the desire and social ability to mate. The mouse society has collapsed. Heaven turned into hell. All are dead. The good scientist repeated his experience many times, but the result was one: at a certain stage, after the explosion of violence and hypersexual activity, asexuality and self-destruction followed.

Finally a little positive. Who has survived the longest in hell? It turned out that they were mice capable of coping with as many social connections as possible. In the universe, 25 of the most sociable, innovative, intricate mice survived the longest.

This is the courage.

by PS. All coincidences with a series of human wars, unleashed sexuality, urban riots, finally outraged citizens, pornography and hatred of women, domestic violence, single mothers, unreasonable aggression and social survival in the internet are coincidental.