Comments on: The Worlds Most Annoying Stairway https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Gwenny https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549471 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:09:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549471 It’s an experiment. It’s a cool idea. So’s the trash can. A harmless way to see what changes human behavior.

]]> By: Rich Wilson https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549470 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:26:45 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549470 Anyone who thinks this would get boring isn’t 2.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549469 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:34:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549469 The Minnesota Science Museum also has these. I imagine this is standard issue for science museums (but the technology in Boston and MSM are different than what you see being deployed here, IIRC).

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549468 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:17:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549468 I’ll assume you guys already know this, but I’ll say it anyway. Not everyone can climb stairs easily (people with bad knees or luggage or small children). That’s why there’s also an escalator.

]]> By: dalani https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549467 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:13:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549467 It’s not safe nor building code compliant

]]> By: Brian Jordan https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549466 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:02:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549466 They’ve had these at the Boston Museum of Science for years!

Now these would be fun yet annoying stairs: http://baratunde.posterous.com/video-of-the-moment-van-ness-muni-station-wat

The escalator should be a theremin,
B

]]> By: Gray Gaffer https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549465 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:46:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549465 Next thing: reduce the keyboard to just the pentatonic scale so everything people do has some musical consistency.

The hypothesis required the choice element. The goal was to see what people would choose, not to get them to use the stairs.

]]> By: Jeremy https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549464 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:41:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549464 Cool, but I imagine a lot of the fun is in the novelty. If all stairs contained some kind of “fun” gimmick I think I’d take the escalator 😛

]]> By: Alcari https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549463 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:28:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549463 Hmm, I would probably be encouraging people to take the escalator, so they wouldn’t interrupt me while having fun the stairs :p

]]> By: gruebait https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549462 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:35:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/27/the-worlds-most-annoying-stair/#comment-549462 but turned-off escalators are so…quiet…

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