I would like to mention that marshmallow experiment changed my life, ever since I was a child when I heard of it.
I was a child who would take the damn marshmallow. And I don’t even like marshmallows. After I internalized this lesson I became the kid who would get two marshmallows and trade them for something else I liked more.
Merely reflecting on the idea that patience and suppressing the compulsive urges gets you more of anything reworked my brain to be impervious to compulsive behavior.
malloryerik · 6h ago
A few on this list are interesting because they replicated some times and not others.
I'd like to see a list of experiments that succeeded in replicating.
I was a child who would take the damn marshmallow. And I don’t even like marshmallows. After I internalized this lesson I became the kid who would get two marshmallows and trade them for something else I liked more.
Merely reflecting on the idea that patience and suppressing the compulsive urges gets you more of anything reworked my brain to be impervious to compulsive behavior.