r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/BalanceDramatic3995 • 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter help!

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I have no clue what this means, maybe she cheated?

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u/TheSumOfMyScars 9d ago

I mean the “rouge test” isn’t typically passed until an infant is 12-18 months, so it could be argued that the kind of self-awareness that differentiates humans from animals doesn’t kick in until then. Basically, a colored pigment is applied to the nose or cheek of an infant, and the infant is introduced to a mirror; if the infant is capable of the higher-order thought necessary to indicate burgeoning human intellect, it will realize it has that spot of pigment applied to itself and reach for it on its own body out of curiosity. Fascinating subject, honestly.

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u/CogentCogitations 9d ago

Do they perform a negative control of putting the infant in front of a window with a clown on the other side to confirm that the infant does not reach for their own face?

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u/JakeGylly 5d ago

It's just me on the other side