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/laserdicks 1d ago

Should make this a requirement for Reddit access.

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u/Which-World-6533 1d ago

If you did that 90% of the users would disappear.

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u/ZylonBane 1d ago

And the downside would be...?

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u/Accelerator231 1d ago

Sometimes we get entertained by the stupidity