Fwd: FW: Tr: Freaky "mind test"

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From: The Lahrs (johnjan@lahr.org)
Date: Thu Sep 06 2001 - 19:21:37 PDT 

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Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 20:21:37 -0600
From: The Lahrs <johnjan@lahr.org>
Subject: Fwd: FW: Tr: Freaky "mind test"

Hi All,

Not much action on the list lately. Maybe I'm not subscribed any
longer! In case I can still post messages, try this mind exercise. Don't
cheat!

Cheers,
John

> > THIS IS A REALLY QUICK ONE!! MIND TRICK? (Or not)
> > Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal or different?
> > Well, do this little mind exercise and find out at the end!
> > 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,
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> > 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. Now, scroll down (but not too fast, you might miss
> > something)........
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> > Now repeat saying the number 6 to yourself as fast
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> > 15 seconds. Then scroll down.
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> > QUICK! THINK OF A VEGETABLE! Then arrow down.
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> > You're thinking of a carrot, right?
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> > If not, you're among the 2% of the population
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> > enough to think of something else. 98% of people will
> > answer with carrot
> > when given this exercise. Freaky, huh? >
> >

Well it worked on me. Are carrots shaped like a 6? I wonder
what result other numbers would produce? It might be interesting
for the Exploratorium to set up a computer where people could
enter their response prior to seeing the "answer." Then different
numbers could be tried out and the results analyzed.

This could also be done on the web.

Cheers,
John

John C. Lahr
1925 Foothills Road
Golden, CO 80402
Phone: (303) 215-9913
john@lahr.org
http://lahr.org/john-jan/science.html

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