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Re: Linear Thinking - this is an interesting test
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 9 Sep 2002 12:47:44 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > >
> > > OK, I got that answer too. Why? That seems completely counterintuitive • to
> > > me. Yet clearly it has SOMETHING to do with the subconscious or • something.
> > > This 98% figure, is it just english speakers, or westerners or what?
> >
> > Dunno, but I'd hazard a guess that red hammer would be a pretty common
> > response even without the maths questions.
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> Common? sure. The alleged 98% ??? (no way to check whether it's true in
> fact)... strains the coincidence envelope.
Unless its to do with social conditioning - lets see if the same answers are
gotten 20 years down the line now the soviet union has gone
(yes I know that the soviet hammer is yellow but the flag is red, and your
mind dosen't necessarily work in a linear manner)
- BTw I've heard this test before and so deliberately choose an incorrect
answer now. First time I took it I got ..... Red Hammer
:)
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James Stacey
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