I remember a landmark experiment. 5 chimpanzees were kept in a cage that had a step ladder in the middle with a bunch of bananas at the top of the step ladder. As soon as the chimps were let in, one attempted to climb the step ladders to reach the bananas. The zoo staff would blast all the chimps (not just the one trying to reach the bananas) with high pressure water hoses as soon as any of them tried to climb the ladder. Pretty soon none of them did. They then replaced one chimp with a brand new chimp. As soon as the new chimp was let into the cage, lo and behold he went straight for the ladder. All the other chimps jumped on him and pounded him into the ground to stop him from attempting to get the bananas. After getting his primate *ss handed to him/her a few times the new chimp no longer tried to reach the bananas.

The original chimps were slowly replaced by new chimps. Each time a new chimp was added, as soon as he tried to climb the ladder he got pounded and pulled down by the other chimps. Finally, all the original chimps were gone and the group consisted of 5 chimpanzees, none of whom had ever been blasted with water. But any time a chimp was replaced with a new one and tried to go for the bananas, the other chimps would pound him/her and drag him down from the step ladder. Keep in mind, the cage now consisted of chimps who had never been blasted with water.

Now, this brings me to my current point. This thread might be enlightening to any newbies who post about people wearing helmets, whats wrong with carbon etc. This is the equivalent of reaching for the bananas. Some people here have experienced the utter morass of stupidity and trolling that such threads devolve into, others are the equivalent of the new chimps, we've never seen this but we know it can't be good so we grab newbies prehensile foot as he scampers up the proverbial ladder towards banana heaven and bring him/her crashing down.

So if you post on people wearing or not wearing helmets or ask whether carbon will explode under sunlight, as you lie on the proverbial cage floor with your ears ringing, a bloody nose and step ladder scrapes on your chin, bear in mind that even though the response may seem unfair, it has a basis in history.