The Rise and Fall of Society
Contents Introduction Expected Results Early Weeks of Mice Society Rapid Population Growth Highly Populated Society Last Weeks of Mice Society Introduction An experiment named Universe 25 was conducted in 1968 by an American ethologist, John B. Calhoun. Unlike other experiments, this one raises ethical concerns but also makes us aware of something which was never studied nor observed before. The Universe 25 experiment aimed to study the effects of overcrowding in society. However, it helped to uncover something more than that. The experiment setup was such that 25 healthy mice were placed in a laboratory environment where they could be observed. They had access to food and water in sufficient amounts. In the pictures below, you can see the environment. These are a few pictures which might help you intuit things a little bit about the mouse environment. It was a sufficiently large place. And 25 healthy mice were kept there providing all the resources they might require. Also, there we...