&gt; So why the title &quot;Boiling Frogs?&quot; The story goes that if a frog is placed in a sau[ce]pan of cold water, which is slowly heated, the frog adapts its body temperature to the changing heat of the water and gradually goes to sleep. The frog goes to sleep at 40 ˚C, unaware that at 100 ˚C it will boil! However, if the frog is placed in already boiling water it immediately jumps out to safety.<p>I wish people would come up with analogies that didn&#x27;t involve assuming exactly the opposite of what actually happens in the &quot;analogical&quot; situation.