New poll!!! Make sure you vote on it, but no looking at the results beforehand. That's called cheating!

Hmm. Do I win?

Hah! I think I got it right. As right as I could, anyway.

Hmm ...

I picked a random option. Apparently it's the most popular option. So I guess I'm doing something right.

Mee too. And I did not cheat.

I'm afraid I cheated, because I didn't have a clue what was going on and wanted to find out.

But then I picked the option I would have picked anyway (which was wrong)

This would have been funnier if the poll options were "triangle, circle, star, square, squiggles"

Yes! I picked the only option no one else had picked. :cool:
What do I win?

I don't think you need ESP to pick the correct one, but picking the wrong one is clearly a sign that you lack ESP capability. :p

This could simply show that "faced with the choice of picking a number between 1 and 4, more than the fair share of people (Melon included) will pick 3"

i'm not capable of esp :(

This could simply show that "faced with the choice of picking a number between 1 and 4, more than the fair share of people (Melon included) will pick 3"

But those that are the best will back 2. The best people. That's me and everyone else who picked 2 :cool:

But those that are the best will back 2. The best people. That's me and everyone else who picked 2 :cool:

Heck yeah!

I knew you'd start this thread.

This could simply show that "faced with the choice of picking a number between 1 and 4, more than the fair share of people (Melon included) will pick 3"

That's true, it could.

Or it could just be because making this poll amused me.

Still, if you ask people to choose a number between 1 and 10, most people choose 7. If it's between 1 and 4, most choose 3. I wonder why?

That's true, it could.

Or it could just be because making this poll amused me.

Still, if you ask people to choose a number between 1 and 10, most people choose 7. If it's between 1 and 4, most choose 3. I wonder why?

7's a lucky number for many people. In a poll from 1 to 10, it has the interesting property of being a non-distinctive number: it's not at the beginning or the end, but it's not in the middle either. It will therefore feel a more "random" choice than, say, 1, 5 or 10.

2 and 3 will be more popular than 1 and 4 here because they're in the middle. It's like a multiple choice question with a numerical answer (e.g. "Approximately how long is the Great Wall of China? 4400km, 5400km, 6400km, 7400km"): if you don't know the answer, you're more likely to go for one of the ones in the middle.

Psychology of randomness (whether it has a proper name or not, I don't know) is something I find very interesting.

7's a lucky number for many people. In a poll from 1 to 10, it has the interesting property of being a non-distinctive number: it's not at the beginning or the end, but it's not in the middle either. It will therefore feel a more "random" choice than, say, 1, 5 or 10.

2 and 3 will be more popular than 1 and 4 here because they're in the middle. It's like a multiple choice question with a numerical answer (e.g. "Approximately how long is the Great Wall of China? 4400km, 5400km, 6400km, 7400km"): if you don't know the answer, you're more likely to go for one of the ones in the middle.

Psychology of randomness (whether it has a proper name or not, I don't know) is something I find very interesting.
I always slightly bump the side of my head to get my random generator marbles tumbling.

Still, if you ask people to choose a number between 1 and 10, most people choose 7.

I choose 4.

What do I win?

But those that are the best will back 2. The best people. That's me and everyone else who picked 2 :cool:
oh yea that's right :cool:

I'm the ONLY person that chose 1. I deserve a prize! :mad:

Onesies are for losers.

This could simply show that "faced with the choice of picking a number between 1 and 4, more than the fair share of people (Melon included) will pick 3"
Maybe, but we havn't seen a poll like that. This one featured four identical dots, which is not the same as a number sequence.

I'm sure that if the options would have been numbers the result of the poll would be different.

Possibly, yes, but likely only because of any mental associations the poll user has with any number. The dots are not numbers but they are organised internally numerically for reference. What we're being offered is a range of selections which has a beginning, end and middle, as do numbers.

It's how the 'think of a number' tricks work.

Hooray for bell curves.

7's a lucky number for many people. In a poll from 1 to 10, it has the interesting property of being a non-distinctive number: it's not at the beginning or the end, but it's not in the middle either. It will therefore feel a more "random" choice than, say, 1, 5 or 10.

2 and 3 will be more popular than 1 and 4 here because they're in the middle. It's like a multiple choice question with a numerical answer (e.g. "Approximately how long is the Great Wall of China? 4400km, 5400km, 6400km, 7400km"): if you don't know the answer, you're more likely to go for one of the ones in the middle.

Psychology of randomness (whether it has a proper name or not, I don't know) is something I find very interesting.

Odd numbers are more popular than even, I think, and ones about 2/3 through the range. 3 and 7 come out of that pretty well.

Despite knowing that option three would be more popular, I went with two.

Despite knowing that option three would be more popular, I went with two.

That's because you're just too awesome to vote for #3. Like me.:cool:

I've always concidereed the most random numbers to those next to the least random numbers.

I've always concidereed the most random numbers to those next to the least random numbers.

Was this post randomly generated?

Was this post randomly generated?
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