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  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialtopolitics @lemmy.world•Majority of Americans believe presidents should obey the courts, Reuters/Ipsos poll findsEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I got it from You Are Not So Smart, but yes — same study.

    I take your point, but I’ll offer a couple other things to consider:

    All social science findings are, to at least some degree, propaganda1. Everything about them is steeped in social influence, and they only make sense in context of a given society.

    That’s why I think the socio-economic finding is actually more true than the delayed gratification finding. It broadens the scope of the considered influences, beyond the individual.

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    1 I say this with respect. Because here I am, doing propaganda. Seriously. I don’t like how our society acts like individuals have immutable traits and the world sorts them fairly according to their evaluated worth. Meritocracy is a joke, and we’d all be better off to consider material conditions and moral luck.

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialtopolitics @lemmy.world•Majority of Americans believe presidents should obey the courts, Reuters/Ipsos poll findsEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Fun fact:

    The marshmallow test was an excellent predictor of future success. Not because it measures self-control, but because it measures family wealth.

    The kids who “failed” the test had adults in their lives that made promises they couldn’t keep. They said “maybe we’ll get you that thing you want, when my next paycheck comes” and then the paycheck never came.

    So when adults told them “you can eat this marshmallow in front of you — one that actually exists — or you can wait for two that you’ll just have to trust me on”, they understandably called bullshit on that.