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Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months ago

TIL That there is a numeric question trick that can almost guarantee the response to be "carrot" after a few questions, regardless of culture.

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TIL That there is a numeric question trick that can almost guarantee the response to be "carrot" after a few questions, regardless of culture.

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Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months ago

The two word games that trick almost everyone

Playing two classic schoolyard games can help us understand everything from sexism to the power of advertising.

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In cognitive science, we say the carrot is “prototypical” – for our idea of a vegetable, it occupies the centre of the web of associations which defines the concept.

I don’t carrot all.

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