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"Pick a number from 1 to 100" I wonder how many of that will not be 42 :D
by Walkman 11y ago
"Pick a number from 1 to 100"
I wonder how many of that will not be 42 :D
- QuantumRoar 11y agoI chose an approximation of pi and later e. But I was very close to just typing 42 :)
- smackfu 11y agoI bet 37 is pretty popular.
- pervycreeper 11y agoHow come?
- Xcelerate 11y agoIt's always the number everyone thinks no one else will choose.
- knodi123 11y agoson of a bitch. I swear I thought I was being genuinely random.
- henderson101 11y ago56 and 77 - no reason.. they were just random thoughts.
- drdeca 11y agoI also chose 37, but with the expectation that it would be a common response.
- witty_username 11y agoHypothesis: People think even numbers aren't as "random" and odd numbers are more "random". That leaves us with 1,3,5,7,9. 1 and 5 both divide 10 and don't seem so "random" to us, I guess. That leaves us with 3, 7, and 9. 33, 77, 99, i.e. numbers with repeated digits don't seem so "random". That leaves us with 37, 39, 79. And 9 maybe (not sure if all people subconsciously think this way) isn't that "random" because it's one less than 10 and divisible by 3. Infact, the jargon file says that 37 is the most common random number people will choose[0]. [0] http://catb.org/jargon/html/R/random-numbers.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/R/random-numbers.html
- Scarblac 11y agoI chose 37 purely because it was the first number that came to mind, but then I have also knew that jargon file entry... Second was 51. Clearly the primest looking of the non-primes under 100?
- veddox 11y agoI absolutely agree with your reasoning, but personally I chose even numbers both times ;-) They "feel nicer".
- thanatropism 11y agoThese are the prime numbers between 20 and 100: 23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61,67,71 73,79,83,89,97 Evens are out; so are small multiples. A multiple of three might end in 3, 9 or 7. A multiple of 7 may end in 1. So a "conservative mental arithmetic sieve" that wants to make sure one's picking a prime number will coalesce around 29 or 37. Myself, I picked 11 and 17.
- pervycreeper 11y agoInteresting, although this raises the question of why someone would prefer to choose a prime number over composite ones.
- mcv 11y agoIsn't 37 the most random number? I saw a list once of what makes each number from 1 to 100 special. One of them was the most random number (I think 37). Another one was the least special (63 perhaps?).
- robododo 11y agoIn a row?
- lbebber 11y agoFor me it's always like, 32.
- andrepd 11y agoPlenty of 69s as well. Many of us are still 12 year olds at heart.
- gjm11 11y agoOne of mine was 69 -- genuinely at random. (Well, semi-genuinely. I picked a randomish number, counted that many places through pi, and took two digits. I wasted some time memorizing lots of digits of pi when I was in high school; it would be a shame not to put that to some use.)
- smhenderson 11y agoI started with 14 (my wife's birthday/favorite number) but when it asked to pick another number I broke down and typed 42. I just couldn't help it!
- profinger 11y agoI picked 72 for the first one and 18 for the second one. That's what came to mind. lol
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- njbooher 11y ago66 and 33
- rayalez 11y agoMine was 3.14 =)
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- petepete 11y agoRelevant: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/psychic.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/psychic.png
- Tideflat 11y agoI almost typed 42, but instead I typed 12.<a long herd of digits>
- retbull 11y ago! just pressed up on the keyboard for a few sec on both.
- mjevans 11y agoAs we had to pick /two/ numbers, and eventually the set will be released, I don't want to get too close to identifying my self based on these numbers. I chose two numbers that had some (basic) meaning to me and quickly came to mind. They were not related in any way to the month or day in month of any birthdays.
- labster 11y agoI tried to use 0.999..., but the form wouldn't accept it.