Whether The Toilet Seat Is Put Down Or Raised, Men And Women Are Arguing About This, And Even They Have Participated In The Discussion!

Our daily lives are made up of trivial details, and those seemingly insignificant details are also the research goals of economists. They are willing to use economic tools to find the best solutions to life's trivial matters. The question of whether the toilet seat is lowered or raised has troubled many families. Men usually do not put down the toilet seat after going to the toilet, but women feel that it is troublesome to put the toilet seat down every time they go to the toilet, so they will ask the other party to develop the habit of letting go.

　　 Whether to let it go or not to let it go, although it is a small problem, it arouses a thousand waves in a single circle, which has caused many economists to discuss it. Jay Pier Joy, an economist at the University of Michigan in the United States, put forward his view in the serious German academic journal "Economic Weekly": "Status rules" are more efficient than "Let go of rules." This means that the toilet seat must be raised or lowered only when it is needed.

In order to prove the accuracy of his point of view, Joey also published a paper, using economic methods to prove that if a man uses the toilet twice in a row, if the toilet seat is turned up for the second time, he will save the toilet. Lap time. Although the wife has three times the strength to lower the toilet seat as her husband, it is more economical to "keep the status quo." All in all, if you run out of toilet, how should you place the toilet seat?

　　 But this paper made many experts very dissatisfied. One scholar, Hart, challenged him to prove that the cost of lifting or lowering the toilet will increase when changing from single life to cohabitation. Even men, when they need to put down the toilet seat, they have long been used to the trouble of moving the toilet seat, but women do not have this problem when they live alone, so women are very concerned about this change. Therefore, "let down after the toilet" is the right choice.

Strict German engineers also joined the discussion. They said that when developing a product, one of the tasks is FMEA (Failure Mode and Consequence Analysis). If the product fails, it means that the repairman made a mistake in replacing parts. To avoid mistakes, designers must take measures, although this will increase the cost of the product. In the "toilet ring problem", marriage is equivalent to a product. To make the product better, the producer (that is, the husband) must appropriately increase the cost (put it down after the toilet).

British economist Tim Harford pointed out the key point sharply: "There are two kinds of men in the world: confident gentlemen and selfish ghosts. But women are not able to tell at a glance, so they can use toilet seats as a test. Standard, this is a very effective life experience!"