Almost scary mind reading game....try it
 

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.

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Post the results after you try it.

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

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

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Carrot. Wholy [censored].

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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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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. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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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.

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

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] omg i suck.

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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.

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11 (my birthdate)
tomato
purple wrench

F-.

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

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W! T! F!!!

Are the tasks just mcguffins?

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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

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

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

cheers. J.

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Carrot. Wholy [censored].

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

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

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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.

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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7
Carrot
Red Screwdriver

This thing is wierd. It reminds me of this

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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.

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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

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all three.

what the hell?

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

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- 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.