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Mind Tricks (not for weak hearted)

Posted: May 17th, 2008, 3:33 am
by chesslo
i want to share something with you, hope you like it :D

follow the instructions below:

DON'T scroll down too fast, do it slowly and follow the instructions below exactly, do the math in your head as fast as you can. It may help to say the answers aloud quietly and don't scroll down until answering question ( do not cheat or you will spoil it)

FOLLOW these instructions one at a time and as QUICKLY as you can!














What is:

2+2?

4+4?

8+8?

16+16?













Quick! Pick a number between 12 and 5.


























Got it?




The number you picked was 7.





Ready for another?
Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can! Don't advance until you've done each of them. Now, ARROW down, but not too fast, you might miss something.........




What is:

1+5

2+4

3+3

4+2

5+1













Now repeat saying the number 6 to yourself as fast as you can for 10 seconds. Then scroll down.


























QUICK!!! THINK OF A VEGETABLE! Then arrow down.


























You're thinking of a carrot.

If not....
you're among the 2% of the population whose minds are warped enough to think of something else. 98% of people will answer 'carrot' when given this exercise.

Posted: May 17th, 2008, 3:51 am
by angrydemon
I said "peanut". HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

I'd better get my brain checked...

Posted: May 17th, 2008, 4:29 am
by chesslo
did you get the first one right?

Posted: May 17th, 2008, 4:29 am
by angrydemon
Yes.

Posted: May 17th, 2008, 4:32 am
by chesslo
cool, you are the first one in this forum to do this mind game :shock:

Posted: May 17th, 2008, 7:44 am
by TheRealChris
it did not work for me in both cases. my number was 6 and my vegetable was iceberg lettuce

Posted: May 17th, 2008, 8:19 am
by origami_8
I thought on 8 and broccoli :roll:
Maybe it only works if your native language is English?

Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:04 pm
by dragon man
My number was six but my vegetable was a carrot :lol:

Posted: May 17th, 2008, 10:05 pm
by chesslo
origami_8 wrote:I thought on 8 and broccoli :roll:
Maybe it only works if your native language is English?
umm, maybe :?

Posted: May 18th, 2008, 9:15 am
by horatiu
Actually my number was 7...maybe by coincidence.
But the vegetable was cucumber :) .

Posted: May 18th, 2008, 11:39 am
by Adam
When I had to pick a number between 12 and 5 I first thought about 15, but then I was like... oh wait, I can't do that.

At the vegetables I first thought of a tomato and then the carrot, but because I thought the 'quiz' would expect me to think about the tomato first I decided that I should think about carrots. So in a way, that question did work for me.

These 'quizzes' pop up every now and then on every forum, and somehow everyone happens to be among the 2% of the population that think about something else. Kind of loses its credibility then, doesn't it? :wink:

Posted: May 19th, 2008, 9:44 am
by araknoid
nice! i got 8 and a carrot. why the carrot! has it something to do with color?

Posted: May 19th, 2008, 10:32 am
by aesthetistician
Anyone know the proportion of the population that guess 7 for a number and carrot for a vegetable when they haven't been doing silly sums in their heads? I kind of doubt it's substantially different...

Posted: May 19th, 2008, 11:04 am
by Daydreamer
Quote from http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16422087.300.html
3. If you do a similar experiment asking people to name a vegetable with no preamble, the response is fairly random with peas and potatoes being the most common.
Apparently there is a difference (if you can trust any studies on that subject...)

Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 2:37 am
by Jonnycakes
Well, I don't know about the carrot one, but 'Choose a number between 12 and 5' makes you think of 7 at first because 12-5=7. Since you have been doing fast math leading up to the question you subconsciously think of 7 first.