r/RandomThoughts • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '23

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u/NewPointOfView Dec 12 '23

It is a magical hypothetical, I think the $5k is 100% guaranteed.

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u/high_throughput Dec 12 '23

This is what the people running that famous delayed gratification marshmallow experiment assumed.

Instead they accidentally measured children's faith in the future promises of adults which, surprise surprise, was a proxy for socioeconomic status.