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The Skeptics Guide #911 - Dec 24 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Cuttlefish and Delay of Gratification

The cuttlefish that were the best, this was a small sample size. And they were also the ones that picked up the marshmallow test the fastest. The question has been why? So with primates, with corvids, researchers think that the reason that they need delayed gratification has to do with tool making. It took me a few years to figure out what it was. We will see my octopus teacher. Right? Have you seen the trailer for his show yet? No. Okay wait. I saw it and fell in love with it. This is so good. He's an awesome delayed gratification. Like I'm too good at it though. Like I almost punish myself sometimes

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