This is actually based on a social experiment involving five monkeys! It goes like this: There are five monkeys in a pen with a ladder. At the top of the ladder are some bananas. Every time a monkey started to climb the ladder, water would be splashed on all the monkeys. The monkeys noticed this pattern and began to attack a monkey if it started to climb the ladder until none of them climbed it because every time it did they were sprayed.
They then swapped one of the monkeys in the pen with another monkey who hasn't been a part of this experiment. When this monkey started to climb the ladder, the other monkeys beat him until he no longer tried. The scientists slowly began to swap out monkeys until none of the original five monkeys were left inside of the pen. Not one of the monkeys tried to get to the bananas at the top of the ladder. Nobody climbed the ladder. Why? Well, they don't know. They were just "told" by the others not to climb it.
They then swapped one of the monkeys in the pen with another monkey who hasn't been a part of this experiment. When this monkey started to climb the ladder, the other monkeys beat him until he no longer tried. The scientists slowly began to swap out monkeys until none of the original five monkeys were left inside of the pen. Not one of the monkeys tried to get to the bananas at the top of the ladder. Nobody climbed the ladder. Why? Well, they don't know. They were just "told" by the others not to climb it.
I love science.