esp experiment

http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html

it read my mind four times . . . and then . . . well you can e-mail
me to find out what happened after that.

>it read my mind four times

Har har har.

> . . . and then . . . well you can
>e-mail me to find out what happened after that.

You mean off-list? What could it be?

-Carl

heres another version of the same trick:

http://cs.bluffton.edu/~scoffman/trick.html

I think it took me four tries to figure it out too: i admit i was freaked
out at first.

Dante

> -----Original Message-----
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>I think it took me four tries to figure it out too: i admit
>i was freaked out at first.

>>>it read my mind four times
>>
>>Har har har.
>>
>>> . . . and then . . . well you can
>>>e-mail me to find out what happened after that.
>>
>>You mean off-list? What could it be?

Oop- sorry Paul, I wasn't trying to insult you.
I didn't realize this was your way of saying it
took you four tries to figure out.

It's quite possible I've seen this before years
ago, and half-remembered it.

-Carl

Paul!
OK I give up, how does it work ?

paulerlich wrote:

> http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html
>
> it read my mind four times . . . and then . . . well you can e-mail
> me to find out what happened after that.
>

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
http://www.anaphoria.com

The Wandering Medicine Show
Wed. 8-9 KXLU 88.9 fm

Ha i got it!

Kraig Grady wrote:

> Paul!
> OK I give up, how does it work ?
>
>

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
http://www.anaphoria.com

The Wandering Medicine Show
Wed. 8-9 KXLU 88.9 fm

--- In metatuning@y..., "paulerlich" <paul@s...> wrote:
> http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html
>
> it read my mind four times . . . and then . . . well you can e-mail
> me to find out what happened after that.

That's a pretty good trick. Psychology psychology psychology.

John Starrett

--- In metatuning@y..., "paulerlich" <paul@s...> wrote:
> http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html
>
> it read my mind four times . . . and then . . . well you can e-mail
> me to find out what happened after that.

It seems to work. I have no clue.

--- In metatuning@y..., Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@a...> wrote:
> Ha i got it!

Could one of you wise guys kindly explain it?

>> Ha i got it!
>
> Could one of you wise guys kindly explain it?

He tells you to pick _one_ card, but have a look
at the others.

-Carl

--- In metatuning@y..., "clumma" <carl@l...> wrote:

> He tells you to pick _one_ card, but have a look
> at the others.

I presume that means *none* of the others match? I'm OK at logic, but bad at noticing things. One time my brothers decided to test me by allowing cheating without telling me about the rules. At first they were careful, but after a while they started doing things like putting cards in their front shirt pockets. I finally noticed when one of them pulled a card out from behind his ear.

>> He tells you to pick _one_ card, but have a look
>> at the others.
>
> I presume that means *none* of the others match?

:)

>I'm OK at logic, but bad at noticing things. One time my
>brothers decided to test me by allowing cheating without
>telling me about the rules. At first they were careful,
>but after a while they started doing things like putting
>cards in their front shirt pockets. I finally noticed when
>one of them pulled a card out from behind his ear.

*smile*

I'm usually quite dense, in fact. I may have an unfair
advantage with magic tricks because my Dad's friend from
work was a table magician, and for years we joined him at
an annual dinner in NJ of the table magic guild or something.
As a kid, everything was indeed magic. But as the years
passed I realized that about 50% of the tricks rely on
selectively directing your attention. So it was the first
thing I thought of with the esp thing. The other 50%
however... *poof*

-Carl

--- In metatuning@y..., "genewardsmith" <genewardsmith@j...> wrote:
> --- In metatuning@y..., "paulerlich" <paul@s...> wrote:
> > http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html
> >
> > it read my mind four times . . . and then . . . well you can e-
mail
> > me to find out what happened after that.
>
> It seems to work. I have no clue.

even a genius can be fooled!

--- In metatuning@y..., "genewardsmith" <genewardsmith@j...> wrote:
> --- In metatuning@y..., Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@a...> wrote:
> > Ha i got it!
>
> Could one of you wise guys kindly explain it?

i guess it's kind of like being a good proofreader . . .

--- In metatuning@y..., "genewardsmith" <genewardsmith@j...> wrote:
> --- In metatuning@y..., Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@a...> wrote:
> > Ha i got it!
>
> Could one of you wise guys kindly explain it?

It's the old switcheroo.