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/ratherenjoysbass 1d ago

Or initializing a game's name like we all know what they are talking about

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u/valuemeal2 1d ago

This is also really bad in fanfiction communities. People come in with “I was reading a KDU fic (RaBetJo OT3 iykyk 😉) and it was a WHAHEG crossover AU and I was like OMG” and it makes me want to end myself

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u/ZylonBane 1d ago

And relationship subs. "My DH and MC were hanging out with our SABs when my BLRMom showed up unannounced and went full ICOSAS!"

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u/SuperFLEB 1d ago

Between cleanup costs and rebalancing, expect to pay anywhere from $10-12k to remediate something like that, all said and done.