I recently downloaded the useful program Alfred for the Mac. When I was fiddling with the preferences, I discovered that there is a button labeled ‘Do not press this button.’ Naturally, I clicked it.
And it took me to a video of the well-known Marshmallow Test, which you might know from an article showcasing its measurement of self-control, by Jonah Lehrer in the New Yorker.
You win this round, Alfred.
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I guess my tactic of searching the web to find out what it did rather than pressing it myself is the equivalent of goading the fat kid into eating theirs just to see what will happen… :-/
Apt, albeit disturbing, analogy!
lol @ Alan – I did the exact same thing, which is why I’m posting this
Ok. I did it too!
I also searched for it instead of pushing it. I guess we know who the cautious and curious folks are… I was going to push it if I couldn’t find it out another way.
How else would you get here?
dang. me, too.
/me feels like a cautious old fart.