As a young boy, researcher Albert Bandura was attacked and molested by clowns.
So, later in life, he conducted experiments on clowns.
Adults beat the crap out of blow-up clowns, then the kids would be left alone and observed.
Sure enough, the kids learned from the adults, and they beat the blow-up clowns too.
They even learned from videos of adults beating on the blow-up clowns.
People point to this research as groundbreaking, demonstrating the power of media to influence children.
But the truth is, Bandura hated clowns, and he wanted to raise a child army to beat all clowns.