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Marshmallow Test (lemmus.org)
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[-] anachrohack@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago
[-] sundray@lemmus.org 71 points 1 month ago

"The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a study on delayed gratification in 1970 led by psychologist Walter Mischel, a professor at Stanford University.[1] In this study, a child was offered a choice between one small but immediate reward, or two small rewards if they waited for a period of time."

The joke is that in this version of the experiment, the child isn't being tested, the marshmallow is. And in this case, the marshmallow has decided to eat this one child instead of waiting until later, when it would have been allowed to eat two children.

[-] anachrohack@lemmy.world 90 points 1 month ago

Oh shit, I totally didn't see that the marshmallow was biting the kid. The image is so small it looked like a power outlet behind him on the wall

[-] Acamon@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Same, was confused until I zoomed in.

[-] riquisimo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Same! Man this really needs an edit where the marshmallow is biting from there opposite side of his arm.

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