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You missed the entire point of it. YOU ARE THE RATS. It's not "Let's give the rats everything they truly NEED for happiness" It's "Let's give the rats everything they WANT and see if they become happy" The rats might NEED social interaction, but they WANT food (Just like /sci/posters NEED friends, but WANT cheetos & 4chan).

It's not supposed to be "le communist paradise where everyone is happy." It's supposed to make a point about & draw parallels with human cities. About Industrial society. About abundance. About deterioration of morality & life quality as a result of it. About the collapse of civilization. No, you certainly don't understand that the rat utopia is but a microcasm of the consequences of the Industrial revolution in human societies and how they have been a disaster for mankind. How you, just like the rats, have everything you WANT, but nothing you truly NEED.

>The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries.

It's over for you Industrial rats. You don't even realize that YOU ARE THE RATS in the study.

Remember, YOU ARE THE RATS.