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Linnéa displays learned helplessness

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Linnéa finds an oil drum near the shed, and rolls it down to the water box. She attaches a hose to the spigot, and drapes the end of the hose into the oil drum. When the water starts, Linnéa just stares at it for some time (which Babben describes as “a state of learned helplessness”), before finally disconnecting the hose and holding it over the hole in the water box. After the water has stopped, Linnéa moves the barrel down to the bathtub and pours the water into it. In the studio, Linnéa claims that the reason for her seemingly stunned reaction was that she first thought that the box had failed, and that the water was supposed to come through the tap, but then she realised what was going on when no-one rushed in to fix the problem. Linnéa moves 6.6 litres of water, which earns her first place.

(Written by Jenny R and edited by Karl Craven)

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