Almost scary mind reading game....try it

[LBJ]

I read at this board daily and never seen this, but apoligize if it has been posted. A friend just sent me this, and it read my mind on all 3 quizzes. Some of you may have done this already, since I know a lot of people here love Ebaum's World.

LINKY (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/magic/choosenumber.html#1)

Post the results after you try it.

[imitation]

If this is one of those screams at you flash things you are so gay in advance.

It owned me except I said "Blue and Hammer."

[Luv2DriveTT]

Carrot. Wholy [censored].

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[HopeydaFish]

I was thinking of 11 and it told me I was thinking of 7. How craptacular.

[Senor Cardgage]

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It owned me except I said "Blue and Hammer."

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[chesspain]

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I was thinking of 11 and it told me I was thinking of 7. How craptacular.

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Same here.

[Dudd]

It's not a flash thing, and it's really weird. It absolutely nailed the first two for me, and on the third, I thought pink hammer, and it guessed red hammer. Anyone know what psychological principles are at work here?

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Amazing it wasn't one of those things, anyhow i've seen something similar before and it got me again even though i was trying to think of other things.

[Russ McGinley]

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Anyone know what psychological principles are at work here?

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I would think that because you are supposed to be answering math problems quickly, when you see "pick between 12 and 5" your brain just automatically does a math problem as "12-5=7". That can be the only logical reason it's "between 12 and 5" and not the other way around.

[Luv2DriveTT]

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I was thinking of 11 and it told me I was thinking of 7. How craptacular.

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wow, same as me. But did you get carroted? I did. pwned. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

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[Dudd]

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Anyone know what psychological principles are at work here?

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I would think that because you are supposed to be answering math problems quickly, when you see "pick between 12 and 5" your brain just automatically does a math problem as "12-5=7". That can be the only logical reason it's "between 12 and 5" and not the other way around.

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That makes sense. However, that still doesn't explain why adding a bunch of numbers to 6 makes me think of a carrot, or why the number 3 leads to red/pink hammers.

[BCPVP]

Bah, it whiffed on all 3. I said 6, broccoli and blue screwdriver.

[LBJ]

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Bah, it whiffed on all 3. I said 6, broccoli and blue screwdriver.

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This is not good. I would see a doctor, preferably as soon as possible.

[HopeydaFish]

Actually, it *is* sort of neat. I did the next two tests and I thought of the things that it said I was going to think of.

On a related note, my sister got a little handheld "20 questions" game for Christmas. Now *this* was cool. It managed to guess what I was thinking of about 90% of the time. There was a bunch of times where I thought it was totally going down the wrong path with its questions, but still managed to guess what I was thinking of by the end.

[RacersEdge]

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Anyone know what psychological principles are at work here?

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The carrot works because 6 letters in carrot - just like the sum of the numbers. You store things in your brain by word length - 6 gets you to the right place.

Same for 3 and red. Not sure about the hammer part - 3*2?

The 12 and 5 didn't work for me.

[Crveballin]

I think its more or less the most popular of each question. Carrot is the first vegtable I think of whenever. The hammer I have at home has a red handle. 7 is one of the most popular numbers for anyone.

[rgreenm90]

it worked on the first one, but the connection is obvious. it didn't work for me on the last two, but i don't see why people would be inclined to get red hammer or carrot anyway.

[Dudd]

About the 20 questions game, there's an online version of at 20q.net.

[gorie]

i've seen this before, what's annoying is that i looked at it just now trying to not think of what you're suppose to think of , but i couldn't resist. /images/graemlins/frown.gif omg i suck.

[HopeydaFish]

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About the 20 questions game, there's an online version of at 20q.net.

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Yeah, I'd seen the online one awhile ago. The handheld one seems neater for some reason, though.

[uw_madtown]

11 (my birthdate)
tomato
purple wrench

F-.

[shant]

I said 7. I said carrot. But then I said purple drill.

[ilya]

W! T! F!!!

Are the tasks just mcguffins?

[ilya]

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The carrot works because 6 letters in carrot - just like the sum of the numbers. You store things in your brain by word length - 6 gets you to the right place.

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celery
squash
tomato...yes technically a fruit but most people think of it as a vegetable

[J.Brown]

i said 9, i said corn, i said yellow hammer.

so 1/2 of 1 right, what am i missing?

cheers. J.

[jonoo]

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Carrot. Wholy [censored].

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yeah that one was what really suprised me. its pretty crazy

my answers:
7 (read my mind)
Celery
Red Hammer (read my mind... I was kind of freaked out about that one)

[UncleRemus]

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Actually, it *is* sort of neat. I did the next two tests and I thought of the things that it said I was going to think of.

On a related note, my sister got a little handheld "20 questions" game for Christmas. Now *this* was cool. It managed to guess what I was thinking of about 90% of the time. There was a bunch of times where I thought it was totally going down the wrong path with its questions, but still managed to guess what I was thinking of by the end.

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So I read this and remember playing that 20 questions things online some time ago. I googled it and played a round. Upon finishing, I read:

Uncommon Knowledge about a laxative
Do you carry it in your pocket? I say Probably.
Would you like to be one? I say Yes.


I'm through with this game, and glad it didn't read my mind.

[Vince Young]

It didn't get any right on me, although I was prepared for the red hammer.

[MikeSmith]

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It owned me except I said "Blue and Hammer."

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i said blue and hammer as well, great minds think alike

[ClaytonN]

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I was thinking of 11 and it told me I was thinking of 7. How craptacular.

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i read in an article, i believe it was esquire, that if you force someone to think of a number between one and ten quickly, a distinct majority will say 7.

the article was about the best guys in the world at hitting on chicks.

[Go Blue]

Interesting game here. For the first puzzle, I thought of 6 and not 7, although I was semi-distracted while doing it. For the second one, I did, in fact, think of a carrot (not distracted this time). For the last one, I thought of a blue axe. I don't know why everyone thought of a hammer. Strange.

[Duffman]

7
Carrot
Red Screwdriver

This thing is wierd. It reminds me of this (http://flashpsychic.com)

[Doc7]

I like the 20q.net link in this thread better : )

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i read in an article, i believe it was esquire, that if you force someone to think of a number between one and ten quickly, a distinct majority will say 7.

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A majority? Or a plurality? Seems to me it would be very unlikely for over 50% of a sample group to answer 7. But I have no idea what article you're talking about, I'm just using some common sense.

[Jules22]

wow that is crazy, the red hammer one made my jaw drop. i thought of a tomato tho, because i am stupid and dont know the diff between veggies and fruits

[theRealMacoy]

all three.

what the hell?

[lastchance]

Every time I go through this, their answers don't line up with mine around 5 or 6 times, therefore it keeps missing.

[Larimani]

- 7
- Carrot
- Red hammer

Doh! how predictable am I?... no wonder I'm a fish at p*ker.

The psychological explanation is that categories are represented as stereotypes in our brains. When you think of the category "bird" you don't visualise a penguin... this is basically it; Carrot is a common stereotype for vegetable and red hammer is a common stereotype for tools. Which stereotype will represent each group depends agmonst others on culture and age of aquisition.

[mrkilla]

ok all the Math ones it never read my mind, the red hammer thing though, thats kind of freaky

[Roy Munson]

I don't get it.

I chose 9, it said 7.
I chose spinach, it said carrot.
I chose purple and saw, it said red and hammer.

Why did it not work?

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

1. 7
2. Squash
3. Blue Hammer

[MrTrik]

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It owned me except I said "Blue and Hammer."

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Same here.

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It owned me except I said "Blue and Hammer."

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I said blue and hammer too. Hammer was the only one it got me on. It sucks.

[BeatOnRiver]

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7
Carrot
Red Screwdriver

This thing is wierd. It reminds me of this (http://flashpsychic.com)

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i thought this was fairly obvious. the link u have. every answer is the image u think of, they just scramble the images each time so its not the same image. try it again but do it with every digit but dont click the golf ball. every digit will work.

[dynamite]

This thing sucks.

-9
-Potato
-Silver Hammer (well ok it got hammer)

It missed all of them on me, but the 2nd one might have been my fault.

It asked me for a vegetable, and I said apple. So I'll give it a 0-1-2.

[handsome]

1: 7
2: lettuce
3: red hammer

Not bad... not bad at all.

[gunt]

that site was dead wrong on every answer i gave...wtf

[ackid]

I answered:

1.6.

2.squash.

3.blue hammer.

[KingDan]

7
Tomato (whoops)
blue hammer

[SuitedSixes]

I am a simpleton . . . it pwned me.

6, carrot, red hammer

[Yobz]

It missed on all except the hammer...its probably the only tool I use often enough to think of *grin*

[KJL]

I got a similair e-mail a long time ago. It gave a list of addition problems and asked to think of a color and a tool. 98% of Americans say Red and hammer. The reasing is that the addition problems clear your mind, which makes you think of the most common answers. Hammer is the most common tool and red is probably the first color we learn about. This is probably the same reason the carrot thing works out.

[jstnrgrs]

Test 1: I guesed 25, it guessed 7.
Test 2: I thought of cucumber, it guessed carrot.
Test 3: I guessed blue and hammer, it guessed red and hammer.

I messed up on test 1, and it got half of my answer on test 3. Overall, I am not impressed at all.

[jstnrgrs]

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Actually, it *is* sort of neat. I did the next two tests and I thought of the things that it said I was going to think of.

On a related note, my sister got a little handheld "20 questions" game for Christmas. Now *this* was cool. It managed to guess what I was thinking of about 90% of the time. There was a bunch of times where I thought it was totally going down the wrong path with its questions, but still managed to guess what I was thinking of by the end.

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I won one of those in my office yankee swap. It guesses right abot 90%, and I am very impressed. It even gets rediculous things like nutrino.