The Bathtub Test
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> During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked
> the Director how
> do you determine whether a patient should be
> institutionalized.
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> "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub,
> then we offer a
> teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and
> ask him or her to
> empty the bathtub."
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> "Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal
> person would use the
> bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the
> teacup."
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> "No." said the Director, "A normal person would pull
> the plug. Do you
> want a bed near the window?"