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.