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TIL That there is a numeric question trick that can almost guarantee the response to be "carrot" after a few questions, regardless of culture. (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago

Essence:

In cognitive science, we say the carrot is “prototypical” – for our idea of a vegetable, it occupies the centre of the web of associations which defines the concept.

I don't carrot all.