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muchspl2
01-07-2005, 08:29 AM
Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal? Well, do this little mind exercise and find out ---- Free will or synaptic wiring? You be the judge.
Check out the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow. There's no trick or surprise. Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can. Again, as quickly as you can but don't advance until you've done each of them...really.

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Yogi
01-07-2005, 08:36 AM
Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal? Well, do this little mind exercise and find out ---- Free will or synaptic wiring? You be the judge.
Check out the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow. There's no trick or surprise. Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can. Again, as quickly as you can but don't advance until you've done each of them...really.

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A cucumber.......... :w00t:



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muchspl2
01-07-2005, 08:44 AM
Say the following number aloud!
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Fast! Choose a color and a tool!






































Thought of one of each? Don't change the original!













































You answered: red and hammer

Skiz
01-07-2005, 09:02 AM
Damn! The first one got me! Carrot. :ohmy:

The second was close, I though of purple and a hammer. :ohmy:

Barbarossa
01-07-2005, 09:45 AM
2nd one..

blue spade ... :blink:

Yogi
01-07-2005, 09:52 AM
Say the following number aloud!
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Fast! Choose a color and a tool!

Thought of one of each? Don't change the original!


You answered: red and hammer


It worked!!!! :01:

Exactly the choices!

Amazing indeed.


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Cheese
01-07-2005, 09:53 AM
2nd one..

blue spade ... :blink:

I was thinking of a blue spade as well. :ohmy:

Edit: First one got me. :unsure:

sArA
01-07-2005, 10:46 AM
I thought of potato..... :blink:

Jon L. Obscene
01-07-2005, 12:32 PM
The first one got me but I think mainly cos I remember doing it before and was trying to remember the answer, still freaky.
The 2nd is just crap, I thought of a yellow chisel :blink:

Ok try this, bare in mind all the times I've done this it has maybe only twice worked on females for some reason, usually males go for it tho

You must read carefully but think quickly and be honest.

Think of a number between 1 and 50, must be double figures, both different and both odd.

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manker
01-07-2005, 12:38 PM
I did think of a carrot for the first one. The next one I thought of a red shovel and for Jonno's test I thought of 39 but for some reason it did take me quite a while to get to a number between 1 and fifty with both numbers being different and odd :blink:

Glad I don't work with figures.

Jon L. Obscene
01-07-2005, 12:42 PM
lol, that trick works best if someone understands you so you don't have to repeat instructions (or in this case read twice) , try it, will freak some people out completely, especially pissed people :lol:

Jonno :cool:

Barbarossa
01-07-2005, 02:30 PM
lol, that trick works best if someone understands you so you don't have to repeat instructions (or in this case read twice) , try it, will freak some people out completely, especially pissed people :lol:

Jonno :cool:

I thought 39 then revised it to 37.

I'm a freak!

Expire
01-07-2005, 02:38 PM
Red and Hammer....thats just wierd man

Barbarossa
01-07-2005, 02:49 PM
lol, that trick works best if someone understands you so you don't have to repeat instructions (or in this case read twice) , try it, will freak some people out completely, especially pissed people :lol:

Jonno :cool:

The only choice you have is one of these numbers:

11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 31, 35, 37, 39

backlash
01-07-2005, 03:29 PM
1st one I've heard and still thought of carrot. second one I thought of red hammer and third I thought of 35.

oh and u can't choose 11 b/c they have to be different.

Jon L. Obscene
01-07-2005, 04:27 PM
lol, yeah 11 are the same 2 numbers ;)
And it does'nt matter that there's only 8 numbers to choose, the point is if you have several people all say the same then you produce a piece of paper with 37 written on it, they freak out.

Jonno :cool:

Smith
01-07-2005, 04:27 PM
Carrot

Red Screw Driver

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nice try :P

Barbarossa
01-07-2005, 05:11 PM
lol, yeah 11 are the same 2 numbers ;)
And it does'nt matter that there's only 8 numbers to choose, the point is if you have several people all say the same then you produce a piece of paper with 37 written on it, they freak out.

Jonno :cool:

I did it at work, answers I got were 19 (twice), 31, 35, 39, 49 (!), 53 (!!!!) and 24(!!!!!!)

I work with thickos! :lol:

Samurai
01-07-2005, 06:00 PM
carrot

red screwdriver

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Busyman
01-07-2005, 06:16 PM
celery

black pliers

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Jon L. Obscene
01-07-2005, 06:19 PM
I did it at work, answers I got were 19 (twice), 31, 35, 39, 49 (!), 53 (!!!!) and 24(!!!!!!)

I work with thickos! :lol:

:lol: LMAO! yeah it's suprising how many people just don't get it :frusty: :lol:

Jonno :cool:

scribblec
01-07-2005, 07:55 PM
The first one got me but I think mainly cos I remember doing it before and was trying to remember the answer, still freaky.
The 2nd is just crap, I thought of a yellow chisel :blink:

Ok try this, bare in mind all the times I've done this it has maybe only twice worked on females for some reason, usually males go for it tho

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i got 35 =l and why doesnt 39 work =s its double figs odd number and 2 dif numbers

TheDave
01-07-2005, 08:03 PM
heres an amazing mind trick http://www.grand-illusions.com/dragon.htm

download the video :fear:

enoughfakefiles
01-07-2005, 08:08 PM
:ohmy: :helpsmili :ohmy:

Biggles
01-07-2005, 08:13 PM
parsnip

blue hammer

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One out of four is not bad (and parsnips are just carrots that have had the blood drained out of them.

13 as it was the first available option (? why would people scroll all the way through their brains to 37 ? weird)

Jon L. Obscene
01-07-2005, 08:16 PM
You'd be suprised, that actually works 85% of the time, altho like I said, very rarely on women for some reason.
Although a big part of stuff like this is how it's presented, that works better irl cos you can rush an answer creating confusion and for some reason it leads to 37.

Misdirection and mind control at it's simplist form :)

Jonno :cool:

Biggles
01-07-2005, 08:22 PM
You'd be suprised, that actually works 85% of the time, altho like I said, very rarely on women for some reason.
Although a big part of stuff like this is how it's presented, that works better irl cos you can rush an answer creating confusion and for some reason it leads to 37.

Misdirection and mind control at it's simplist form :)

Jonno :cool:


Ah! that would explain it - having spent all day wrestling with computer generated forecast of outturn figures I no longer have a mind to control. :frusty:

Damned computer has fried my brain more than I thought. :frusty: :frusty:

Caroline
01-07-2005, 08:27 PM
The mind does not use punctuationatleastidontthinkitdoesbutificouldwriteasfastasithinkmaybetherewouldatleastbesomespacebarhits

Biggles
01-07-2005, 08:30 PM
Would you be so good as to punctuate the above, I can make neither head nor tail of it.

Thanks in advance.

Amended as requested and a bit more detail added to boot.

Jon L. Obscene
01-07-2005, 09:04 PM
Is it as clear a a very clean man made from glass holding a glass sign which on it is written in clear ink the words "Is this clear" and singing into a crystal clear mic "Clear days are clearing up the clear praise" while standing on a glass table?

Jonno :cool:

100%
01-07-2005, 09:34 PM
thats pretty damn clear

unless the room was full of mist

Jon L. Obscene
01-07-2005, 09:36 PM
Is it as clear as a very clean, glass figure of a man holding a sign, upon which is written, in clear ink "Is this clear", while singing "Clear days are clearing up the clear praise", standing on a glass table.

You'd be very worried if I typed it like that :lol:

Jonno :cool:

Biggles
01-07-2005, 09:38 PM
Well I am glad that has been cleared up. :blink:

Jon L. Obscene
01-07-2005, 10:46 PM
Crystal mate :01:

Jonno :cool:

TheDave
01-07-2005, 10:48 PM
derren browns on 4 if anyone cares

Afronaut
01-08-2005, 02:03 AM
Not quite, but i'll blame it on alcohol.

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