Mind Trick

Bumper · 05-29-2005

Mind Trick?

Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal? Well, do this little mind exercise and find out ---- 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, and 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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If not, you're among the 2% of the population whose minds are different enough to think something else. 98% of people will answer with carrot when given this exercise.

Just as a note, everyone I've sent this to so far has replied that they're in the 98%, so it does seem to work... Weird. If anyone has an explanation, I'd be glad to hear it)

Trish · 05-29-2005

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Originally Posted by Bumper

Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal?

Well, yes... actually I wonder that almost every day

. I wonder now just how "normal" it is to think of "carrot" after repeating the word "six". (And I was just positive that carrot was going to be a truly unique answer!)

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Originally Posted by Bumper

everyone I've sent this to so far has replied that they're in the 98%, so it does seem to work...

If everyone you've sent it to says they think carrot, wouldn't that make it 100% rather than only 98? I think a poll (unanimous responses, of course) on this very subject would have made for some interesting insights into the mind of the Playa.Info addict.

Thanks for making my poor little mind hurt already this morning!

Bumper · 05-29-2005

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Originally Posted by Trish

If everyone you've sent it to says they think carrot, wouldn't that make it 100% rather than only 98? I think a poll (unanimous responses, of course) on this very subject would have made for some interesting insights into the mind of the Playa.Info addict.

Interesting point, Trish, I hadn't thought of it in that way. I prefer to think the outstanding 2% are too mentally out-of-step to offer an opinion. I turned out to be a carrot person too, by the way, and all this time I've always thought of myself as a rutabaga or an artichoke.

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Originally Posted by Trish

Thanks for making my poor little mind hurt already this morning!

No thanks necessary. It's all just a part of the service we're pleased and proud to offer.

Starfish · 05-29-2005

Pretty bizzare Bumper.
I too picked carrot, and I thought of myself more as squash blossom!!

tommy · 05-29-2005

me too.

Jacko · 05-29-2005

That proves it...weird I am and crazy...I said tomato! I never win anything!

MWC · 05-29-2005

I picked carrot, too. I think there is some funky Freudian thing going on!

jx2 · 05-29-2005

carrot here too! How weird!!

transpostin

05-29-2005

I picked tomato but that is a fruit. How strange is my mind??

Jacko · 05-29-2005

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Originally Posted by flyingpig11

I picked tomato but that is a fruit.

Well...maybe

Tomatoes…a vegetable or a fruit? That is the question that has been burning in all of our heads since we came into this world. Actually, it is both. It has been recorded in history that in 1893, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tomato is a vegetable. It all started with the Tariff Act of 1883 that placed an import duty on vegetables, but admitted fruits into the country without charge. So, a man by the name of Nix, sued to collect back taxes he had paid on imported tomatoes.

Nix claimed that the tomato was a fruit. He stated that vegetables are the leaves and stems of plants, while a fruit was the actual "berry" that was created. He also said the tomato has seeds, a characteristic of vegetables. Most botanists and scientists agreed with him and viewed the tomato as a fruit. They said that true fruits developed from the ovary or base of the plant, and usually did contain the seeds.

However, on May 10, 1893 the United States Supreme court upheld the decision of the lower courts and officially named the tomato a vegetable. So, legally, the tomato is a vegetable. Whether people agree with the ruling or not, is a different story.

Michele · 05-29-2005

Cucumber for me. But I just bought 6 at the market so.....

Bumper · 05-29-2005

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Originally Posted by Jacko

Well...maybe

Tomatoes…a vegetable or a fruit? That is the question that has been burning in all of our heads since we came into this world. Actually, it is both. It has been recorded in history that in 1893, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tomato is a vegetable. It all started with the Tariff Act of 1883 that placed an import duty on vegetables, but admitted fruits into the country without charge. So, a man by the name of Nix, sued to collect back taxes he had paid on imported tomatoes.

Nix claimed that the tomato was a fruit. He stated that vegetables are the leaves and stems of plants, while a fruit was the actual "berry" that was created. He also said the tomato has seeds, a characteristic of vegetables. Most botanists and scientists agreed with him and viewed the tomato as a fruit. They said that true fruits developed from the ovary or base of the plant, and usually did contain the seeds.

However, on May 10, 1893 the United States Supreme court upheld the decision of the lower courts and officially named the tomato a vegetable. So, legally, the tomato is a vegetable. Whether people agree with the ruling or not, is a different story.

WAY too much information, Jacko. I just know I like 'em!

Babaloo · 05-29-2005

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Originally Posted by Jacko

However, on May 10, 1893 the United States Supreme court upheld the decision of the lower courts and officially named the tomato a vegetable. So, legally, the tomato is a vegetable. Whether people agree with the ruling or not, is a different story.

Ok..that convinces me..
..the courts got involved..
The Tomato is a fruit

Jacko · 05-29-2005

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Originally Posted by Babaloo

Ok..that convinces me..
..the courts got involved..
The Tomato is a fruit

Bumper · 05-29-2005

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Originally Posted by Babaloo

Ok..that convinces me..
..the courts got involved..
The Tomato is a fruit

This better not deteriorate into a homophobic thing involving agricultural commodities. I've got my eye on you, Babaloo. Weisenheimer!

05-29-2005	#1 (permalink)
Bumper Class Clown Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 14,212	Mind Trick Mind Trick? Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal? Well, do this little mind exercise and find out ---- 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, and 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)... > > > > > What is: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1+5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2+4 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3+3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4+2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 5+1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now repeat saying the number 6 to yourself as fast as you can for 15 seconds. Then scroll down. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > QUICK! THINK OF A VEGETABLE! Then arrow down. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Keep going. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You're thinking of a carrot, right? > > > > If not, you're among the 2% of the population whose minds are different enough to think something else. 98% of people will answer with carrot when given this exercise. Just as a note, everyone I've sent this to so far has replied that they're in the 98%, so it does seem to work... Weird. If anyone has an explanation, I'd be glad to hear it)

05-29-2005	#4 (permalink)
Starfish reposado Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,056	Pretty bizzare Bumper. I too picked carrot, and I thought of myself more as squash blossom!!

05-29-2005	#5 (permalink)
tommy Rastaman Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Tx Posts: 12,845	me too.

05-29-2005	#6 (permalink)
Jacko añejo Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 30,960	That proves it...weird I am and crazy...I said tomato! I never win anything!

05-29-2005	#7 (permalink)
MWC añejo Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Connecticut Posts: 6,500	I picked carrot, too. I think there is some funky Freudian thing going on!

05-29-2005	#8 (permalink)
jx2 añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Pac. NW. Posts: 3,997	carrot here too! How weird!! transpostin

05-29-2005	#9 (permalink)
flyingpig11 Guest Posts: n/a	I picked tomato but that is a fruit. How strange is my mind??

05-29-2005	#11 (permalink)
Michele añejo Merchant Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Playa del Carmen, QR, MX Posts: 5,209	Cucumber for me. But I just bought 6 at the market so.....

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