You'd think that humans, being the dominant species of this planet, are quick to learn, but that's not really the case. Research has shown that infants from other species like chimps, rabbits and dogs learn behaviors much faster than our cute but defenseless little babies.
It's not just the babies though, as adults can be just as hard-headed. In 2000, many people lost everything they owned in the so-called Dot-com bubble where Amazon.com or eBay stocks practically went to being worth nothing. And yet about a decade later, we had another stock market collapse, this time related to the banking industry. Such incidents can be traced back throughout human history. For example, Holland witnessed a mania-like phenomenon where tulip bulbs were much more expensive than gold in the sixteen-hundreds.
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