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VIRTUALISATION British politely died on RMS Titanic
VIRTUALISATION British politely died on RMS Titanic | British politely died on RMS Titanic |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Wednesday, 21 January 2009 | |
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David Savage, a behavioral economist from Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia), stated, “We observe that social norms such as ‘women and children first’ are surviving in such external situations that create life and death situations.” [Russia Today: “British gents politely died on Titanic”] Savage and his team of Swiss and Australian researchers found that women had a 53% chance of surviving on the Titanic (which sank on April 14, 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage) due to the simple fact that they were female. Consequently, more women than men survived and almost all children onboard the RMS Titanic survived the disaster at sea. In all, over 1,500 lives were lost that day. In fact, Savage stated, "It seems that on the Titanic the social norm of 'women and children first' was followed, as proportionally more women than men and almost all the children on board survived.” [Stuff.co.nz: “Polite Poms 'had no chance on Titanic'”] The Russia Today article stated, “The study also suggests British passengers were politely queuing to get their place on a lifeboat, and on many occasions allowed others to take their place. Americans, who were not used to this etiquette, had no problem seizing their chance of survival, the data indicates.” The Savage team found that Americans were not polite in their actions that day. What did many of the American and British men do when a seat opened up on a lifeboat? Page two explains. |
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