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13 Sep 2012, 6:51 pm

OCD_Angel wrote:
btbnnyr wrote:
You could think about the marble, the box, and the basket instead.

I failed the Sally-Anne Test by focusing eggsclusively on the objects and having zero thoughts about the faux people and what they are doing and why they are doing it. It was the same way when I was a child without theory of mind. I did not wonder why people did what they did. I focused on objects even moar moar moar.

How old were you when you failed it?


I was an adult. I thought that I would pass any theory of mind test, but I did not. I failed one of the easiest by following my natural instincts, which are to think physically. I pointed to the ackshul location of the marble, while automatically ignoring Sally and Anne. I can pass eggsplicit theory of mind tests though, like the RMET.