A fun psychological trick

[GMJ]

Think of a number between 1 and 9</p>

Subtract 5</p>

Multiply this number by 3</p>

Square this number</p>

Add each digit of this number together ( ex 15 becomes 1+5 = 6)</p>

If this number is less than 5, add five. If it's not subtract 4</p>

Multiply by two</p>

Subtract 6</p>

Map this digit to a letter of the alphabet (A=1, B=2, C=3, etc)</p>

Pick a name of a country that begins with that letter</p>

With the second letter of that country's name, pick a mammal that begins with that letter</p>

Think of the color of that mammal</p>

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How many people had gray elephants from Denmark? </p>

 

[pegs]

weird...i did. wtf how does that happen?

 

[huevonkiller]

I did as well but there are only four countries that start with D and I'm sure it doesn't matter what the number 1-9 is.</p><h3><span class="mw-headline"></span></h3> <ul>[*]Denmark &ndash; Kingdom of Denmark[*]See Akrotiri and Dhekelia for Dhekelia[*]Djibouti &ndash; Republic of Djibouti[*]Dominica &ndash; Commonwealth of Dominica[*]Dominican Republic[/list]

 

[gambitnut]

Thetrickisitmakesyoumultiply the number by three,then squareit,thatgivesyouamultipleofnine,whichwilladduptoninewhenyouaddthedigitstogether. 9-4=5,5x2=10,10-6=4. Disthe4thletterofthealphabet. Therearen'tmanycountriesthatstartwithD,soDenmakisareasonableguess. ThesecondletterofDenmarkisE. Therearen'tmanymammalsthatstartwithE,soElephantisareasonableguess. Elephantsaregray.

 

[GMJ]

Pretty close. Elephants are other colors than gray; the trick is that in situations where the mind has a percieved time limit in which to analyze critically we are more prone to use heuristics to get through cognitive interactions (think: short-cuts). One of these is quickly reaching, cognitively, to whatever comes to mind first. Yes Denmark is the more familiar of those countries. Yes an elephant is the easier choice to come up with (although echidna would also be acceptable). Elephants can be black, or even slightly reddish colored, but the quickest color that comes to mind is gray.</p>

-Psych Major</p>

 

[#1_War_Poet_ForLife]

Brown Otter from the Dominican Republic.</p>

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[bbwMax]

Black Ostrich from the Dominican Republic</p>

 

[GMJ]

Brown?....uhhh I think you should check your math. </p>

 

[CelticKing]

Well I got elephant and deutschland.</p>

 

[GArenas]

White unicorn from Dubai.</p>

 

[JCB]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mynetsforlife)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

Brown Otter from the Dominican Republic.</p>

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[Денг Гордон]

Brown Jackalope from Djibouti</p>

 

[Chutney]

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[#1_War_Poet_ForLife]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mynetsforlife)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

Brown Otter from the Dominican Republic.</p>

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Dominican Republic works.</p>

Otters are mammals.</p>

Looks brown to me.</p>

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[aarathi]

It was funny question. This question helps the children to develop their mind.</p>

 

[Kid Chocolate]

brown emu from denmark.</p>

 

[Kid Chocolate]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

White unicorn from Dubai.</p>

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Dubai isn't a country. Unicorns aren't real and if they were, they'd be black and purple.</p>

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[man_u_barmy_army]

<font face="Arial" size="2">a stick insect from Iran</font></p>

 

[downunderwonder]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

brown emu from denmark.</p>

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Emu? Man Im an Aussie and it didnt even cross my mind... d'oh!</p>

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[man_u_barmy_army]

pink elephants from denmark