Suggestion-clairvoyant test for JREF site.

Ashles said:
2/25 that time. And i really concentrated. :(

Ash, it's obvous you have inverse psychic powers because of your skepticism. You subconsiously choose the wrong card because admitting your powers would shatter your world view. It's clear that you're a very gifted and powerful psychic. For just 25 dollars, I could train you to overcome your subconscious inhibitions and unlock the power of your mind!
 
I got 6 right by clicking the first card every time. You think the margin for chance is a bit off?

By picking the second card every time, I got 10 right! That's statistically signifigant!

2 out of 10 for the last card every time. I did worse than chance relying on chance.

7 out of 10 for picking the square every time. The square makes you psychic!
 
The test could be done with these cards.

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John Jackson said:
I think that everyone should be allowed 1 delusion ;)

Newcastle Utd - premiership champions 2005/6.

That's mine :D
My delusion's bigger than yours! :p

Carlisle United - Premiership Champions 2008/9!

Oh, I scored 7, 5 and 5 on three tries at the test, BTW.
 
Ashles said:
Errm, did you click on my link?

We have all been doing it with those cards.

ok, I clicked on your link after I posted.

The star is better on the picture I posted anyway.
 
DuckTapeFileMan said:
The star is better on the picture I posted anyway.
:confused:

It's a photo of five Zener cards so we can't really use them.

What a strange comment.
 
I did it three times and got 6/25 each time. I guess that makes me evil. I'd better go hide in some jpeg artifacts.
 
Ashles said:
Isn't that the exact problem? Anyone who gets any result that appears to differ from chance may get the wrong idea and start thinking they are psychic, even though they fall within standard chance parameters.
It might be fun, but I don't think it would have any real use.

Anyway here is a 25 trial Zener test for fun.

I thought it would be fun to really concentrate and see what popped into my mind. I got 9 right on my first try. Obviously I am psychic and should be earning big bucks from my powers. :D
 
Ashles said:
:confused:

It's a photo of five Zener cards so we can't really use them.

What a strange comment.


The star on your link is a wicca star, which I think might change the results-ie some people would avoid it and some people would be attracted to it. I wonder why they chose it.

The other point is, that you don't know what the result is until you have done all 25 sets of cards, this isn't testing clairvoyance this is testing your Jedi powers.


I got 4/25.
 
DuckTapeFileMan said:
The star on your link is a wicca star, which I think might change the results-ie some people would avoid it and some people would be attracted to it. I wonder why they chose it.

The other point is, that you don't know what the result is until you have done all 25 sets of cards, this isn't testing clairvoyance this is testing your Jedi powers.
Please send your answers on a postcard to the usual address, marking the card with the competition title "What is DTFM talking about now?"

Members of the Disney corporation and their families are ineligible. Winners will be notified within 28 days of competition end date. No correspondence will be entered into. Judges decision is final. Drink Diet Coke.
 
I think he's saying that star looks like a pentacle...


Anyway heres my results on the first try :

Results

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Well, test, you got 11 / 25 correct (44%)
By chance we would expect 5 / 25 correct guesses (20%)
For 25 trials, a score of 9 or above would be statistically significant
 

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