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A psychological study of children if they would take a small but immediate payout versus a larger but delayed payout.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experim...



You mean that study, where they forgot to check for affluence?

https://behavioralscientist.org/try-to-resist-misinterpretin...


Honestly, I would take the single marshmallow:

I don't actually like marshmallows enough, so I would probably enjoy two marshmallows less than a single one. Definitely less than twice as much as a single one.

And: given that you are in a psychological experiment, who knows what cruel twists of the experiment the scientists are trying to inflict on you? Perhaps they are actually studying how angry you are going to get when they break their promise? Just eat the damn thing, and they'll have a much harder time taking it away from you.


Children, um, don't use this kind of reasoning.


Depends on the exact age, and how much your kid expects to be trolled.




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