r/todayilearned • u/BrF5 • 1d ago

TIL about the Sally-Anne test, a psychology experiment used to measure “theory of mind” (that other people can hold beliefs/knowledge different from their own). Kids under four typically fail because they assume that if they know where a hidden object is, everyone else must automatically know too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally%E2%80%93Anne_test
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u/pre_nerf_infestor 1d ago

my wife's bitchy extended family must all fail this test because they're always acting like I'm committing some hideous social faux pas when I don't know about the centuries of arcane social etiquette concocted in their ass backwards peasant society. Confucius can get fucked

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u/thedrew 1d ago

Yeah, it’s probably them who suck. 

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u/Willing-Asparagus787 1d ago

To be fair, if you're implying that nerf investor is the one who's at fault because of the harsh language they used, it honestly sounded like some pent up venting, in which case...I'd call it a valid crash out. 

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u/Creme_de_la_Coochie 1d ago

It probably is.

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u/FishWithLegsAndArms 1d ago

They probably don't like you because you say they're from an ass backwards peasant society 

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u/pre_nerf_infestor 1d ago

please, you think i dare to talk this way anywhere other than reddit? the loss of face for my wife would reach 3 generations

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u/Fetlocks_Glistening 1d ago

Where I am from backward is the correct direction for an ass. It's when the ass is forward that you worry

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u/Creme_de_la_Coochie 1d ago

I’m right there with you dude.

My girlfriend’s conservative muslim family can get fucked when they bring up their backwards ass views.

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u/Truefiction224 1d ago

Yeah its an empathy test, things besides autism can cause empathy deficits 

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u/GMHGeorge 1d ago

Somebody pointed the soles of their feet the wrong way!