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On a quick scan of the start of this article, the one thing that jumped out was that the pictures were randomized using the programming language's native random
by tomfakes 16y ago
On a quick scan of the start of this article, the one thing that jumped out was that the pictures were randomized using the programming language's native random number generator.
I didn't see what language was used here, but it could be they just found a flaw in that code?
- jamn 16y agoI don't think that would explain why the result varied depending on the type of images displayed.
- Alex3917 16y agoI think memorizing the seeds used to generate random numbers would be almost more impressive than having psychic powers.
- 1010011010 16y ago"The sequencing of the pictures on these trials was randomly determined by a randomizing algorithm … and their left/right target positions were determined by an Araneus Alea I hardware-based random number generator." http://www.araneus.fi/products-alea-eng.html http://www.araneus.fi/products-alea-eng.html
- tomfakes 16y agoI missed that part. I only saw the part about the programming language's RNG - which set off a red flag for me.
- jerf 16y agoIt is possible, but that would not easily explain why they only varied for one type of photo. Non-chance results should have been observed for all trial types, or with an obvious pattern of the human getting better over time. Though I can't prove that didn't happen.