Humans and random numbers

[Psionicist]

Please press the link below and follow the very short instructions. I do want to write what this is all about, but I won't.

http://psionicist.online.fr/number/numbers.php

Thanks.

 

[randomling]

Done it! But why?!

Please email me and tell me! I won't spill. I promise.

-- Curiosity killed the randomling

 

[Aeris Winterood]

ok....

What next?????

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

*twitch*

I think we figured out what the Matrix is used for.

 

[BryonD]

This is why a lot of street magic works.....

 

[Taloras]

Damnit, tell me before i head off to basic. Otherwise ill go insane over the 6 weeks.....

 

[Psionicist]

Thanks all of you.

I read a report a while back that our brains usually pick either prime numbers or odd numbers when we have to generate random numbers. I wanted to know if this differed when you had a keyboard to look at.

Why I didn't write this in the first place was because the results would probably change if I told you.

 

[randomling]

What are your results so far? (I know my number didn't fit that description.)

Oh, and by "natural number" you just mean a whole number (not a fraction or anything with decimals) right? I'm not down with the mathematics.

 

[Psionicist]

A natural number is a positive whole number.

The results are here
http://psionicist.online.fr/number/n.txt

 

[Jeph]

When asked to think of a random number, my brain works like this:

1) Odd! 5!
2) Too centered! 1! 9!
3) Prime! 3! 7
4) Wait...that's what they want me to do!
5) Even! 8!
6) Center it! 4! 6!
7) Screw it all! 5!
8) Nah, just total the exclamation points: 14.