This is truly strange

Domino · Sun 23/05/2004 00:40:45

I was browsing Ebaums world when i saw a link for Magic.Ã,Â There was a magic trick that i decided to try out, and for some reason worked every time and kind of creeped me out, because it worked everytime.Ã,Â How the **** does this thing know what number i'm thinking of.Ã,Â Here's a link for people to check out.

I found this kind of strange because everytime i tried it, it was always correct. How the heck does it know?

There may be some pop-ups, which i'm sorry for.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/mindprobe.html

MrColossal · Sun 23/05/2004 01:05:16

let's choose the number 10, subract 1 from 10 you get 9, not let's pretend a friend chose 11, subtracted 2 from 11 and we get 9, not let's pretend another friend chose 12, subtract 3 from 12 and you get... 9

choose 20 and you get 18, choose 21 and you get 18 and so on and so forth, no look at the symbol for 9 and the symbol for 18

are they the same?

they even did it kinda wonky because if you start at 9 and move diagonally all the symbols are the same and that's the symbol it will choose

It's mathemagic!

Domino · Sun 23/05/2004 01:15:49

I thought it might have something to do with math, but i really wanted to believe my computer had psychic powers.Ã,Â Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

shawnÃ,Â

333 · Sun 23/05/2004 01:27:45

The first time I tried it it did not work. I Did 95 and it the symbol
up for it was 4 then the changed... wierd. I still think the demons control it and I beat them, so they kill me! IF you do not hear from ME FOR a while while it took me a time to get to a place.

stuh505 · Sun 23/05/2004 02:25:16

yes...all possible answers always have the same symbol, but this symbol changes every time so that you don't notice you are getting the same symbol each time.

TerranRich · Sun 23/05/2004 03:19:06

There is a similar puzzle with planets that you are chased to. It was an interesting idea for a game puzzle, methinks, if modified.

stuh505 · Sun 23/05/2004 03:46:06

terran i wouldn't really consider this a puzzle...maybe a puzzler[i/i] but not a puzzle...

what was this other puzzle you speak of though? (i like puzzles)

LordHart · Sun 23/05/2004 07:43:44

Well... it must be run by Microsoft because it didn't probe this Mozilla users mind...

Peter Thomas · Sun 23/05/2004 08:37:53

Heh. I pulled this one on my friends when I was in my very first year of highschool (I think). I printed it out on paper and took it to school, which makes you look extra smart-and-psychic. Some of my friends got really confused, but one of my friends actually had a brain, and he just looked at me and said "You're an idiot. All the possible symbols are the same."

That kinda took the fun out of it a bit...

.. · Sun 23/05/2004 10:12:14

Freaky ... Or is it?

Wormmaster · Sun 23/05/2004 19:20:57

HA!

It's didn't work for me, so I'm a magician and I just killed those "demons" that 333 told about...

Dart · Sun 23/05/2004 19:31:22

When I first played with thing, I was quite freaked out. Then after a couple of times, I realized that all of the numbers I had chosen were multiples of three.

I'll show this to my friends; they'll probably be up all night wondering how a computer probed their minds.

Shattered Sponge · Sun 23/05/2004 19:56:54

I did this a while back; I actually noticed the pattern with the symbols before the pattern with the numbers, which I think makes me special.

It always feels good to make a valuable contribution to a topic.

Ali · Mon 24/05/2004 11:53:52

How long does it take you to solve this one?

http://www.caveofmagic.com/pickcrd2.htm

veryweirdguy · Mon 24/05/2004 11:55:43

I was SO amazed when I clicked that, but after clicking back & forth a couple of times, I get it. Very clever.

jetlag · Mon 24/05/2004 13:03:36

...Gee...have you noticed that the symbols change? 81,72,63,54,45 etc.

NOW THIS IS FREAKY---> http://www.ebaumsworld.com/choosenumber.html

It worked on me! I can't explain it.

veryweirdguy · Mon 24/05/2004 13:08:49

That one's all about probability. I saw something ages ago that said a high percentage of people will pick 7 when asked to pick a number between 1 & 10. I don't know WHY exactly, it just always happens. The sums have nothing to do with it.

Same with the other two. For some reason, carrot, red & hammer are all common answers, they must have researched it.

kristofski · Mon 24/05/2004 14:17:40

That card one's really annoying me... How does it work?!?
*grr*

Ali · Mon 24/05/2004 14:38:31

Just pay close attention.

As for the choose-a-number trick, veryweirdguy is right, (and very wierd).

The mental arithmetic prevents you occupies your mind and effectively clears it, which makes you more likely to make the obvious choice without realising it.

In memory tests psychologicts use similar techniques, like reverse times tables, to prevent subjects from trying to remember things.

Andail · Mon 24/05/2004 14:46:05

Some of those were nice, others were too obvious. Like the pick-a-card thing..."the card you selected is now removed!"...yeah, and so are all the other cards...

Also, the colour-tool-vegetable didn't work for me, so I wasn't too impressed. The spinning hypnosis thing was more impressive. I really saw the skin on my hand move around.
And it's much cheaper than drugs.

This is truly strange

jetlag