False Memory, Logic in Toddlers, Cake Cutting Math
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Today, you’ll learn about why our memories are so bad, the amazing logical reasoning of toddlers, and why mathematicians want to have their cake and slice it, too.
False Memory
- False Memories For Ending of Events.” by Petar P. Raykov. 2023.
- “Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Identification.” by Sheena M. Lorenza. 2023.
Logic in Toddlers
- “Toddlers learn to reason logically before they learn to speak, according to a study by UPF.” n.a. 2023.
- “The scope and role of deduction in infant cognition.” by Kinga Anna Bohus, et al. 2023.
Cake Cutting Math
- “Here’s why mathematicians are so interested in cake cutting.” by Stephen Ornes. 2023.
- “13 More Equal than Others.” YouTube Video. N.d.
- “Rental Harmony: Sperner’s Lemma in Fair Division.” by Francis Edward Su. 1999.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery. |
| 0:09.0 | Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Nate. |
| 0:12.0 | And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time |
| 0:14.1 | welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. |
| 0:18.1 | If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about why our |
| 0:21.9 | memories are so bad, the amazing logical reasoning of toddlers, |
| 0:27.0 | and why mathematicians want to have their cake and slice it too. |
| 0:31.0 | Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:33.6 | Okay, someone breaks into a store and steals something. |
| 0:37.6 | The police come around and round up the witnesses, all of whom watched parts of the burglary |
| 0:41.7 | take place on a security camera video. |
| 0:44.7 | One of them says the burglar is a tall woman in her 50s. |
| 0:47.4 | Another says she was actually probably closer to 25 years old. |
| 0:50.8 | And another witness says no, the burglar was a short 40-year-old man. |
| 0:54.8 | Okay, so who was right? |
| 0:57.2 | Well, honestly, probably none of them. |
| 1:00.2 | The thing is, our memories for details and situations like this kind of suck. |
| 1:06.1 | And that can be a huge problem with witnesses who are trying to reconstruct what they've seen. |
| 1:10.6 | But it can also be a problem in everyday life. |
| 1:13.0 | Like, have you ever gotten ready to leave the house and realize that you don't have your wallet? |
| 1:17.5 | You mean like every time I leave the house? |
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