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Location: Portsmouth, Hants, UK
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Location: Portsmouth, Hants, UK
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Count the number of 'F's in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF- IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS Managed it? Scroll down only after you have counted them! OK? How many? Three? Wrong, there are six - no joke! Read again! The reasoning is further down... The brain cannot process "OF". Incredible or what? Anyone who counts all six 'F' on the first go is a genius, Three is normal Thanks to Baptizer form Ninjamicros.com Evilsun
Count the number of 'F's in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF- IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS Managed it? Scroll down only after you have counted them! OK? How many? Three? Wrong, there are six - no joke! Read again! The reasoning is further down... The brain cannot process "OF". Incredible or what? Anyone who counts all six 'F' on the first go is a genius, Three is normal Thanks to Baptizer form Ninjamicros.com Evilsun
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Location: Israel
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Location: Israel
Posted:
wow!! that was really kewl!i counted 4 f's the first time so does that mean im almost genius??peace love and poi
wow!! that was really kewl!i counted 4 f's the first time so does that mean im almost genius??peace love and poi
life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans John Lennon
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Location: England
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135 posts
Location: England
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Doh!I knew that one, and still only counted three.I sux..
Doh!I knew that one, and still only counted three.I sux..
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Location: Reading, UK
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Location: Reading, UK
Posted:
hey that's freaky I counted 4 and then i noticed that there were of's in there. Nice one!!
hey that's freaky I counted 4 and then i noticed that there were of's in there. Nice one!!
Where there is sorrow I seek the Flame - Rumi
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Location: London
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Location: London
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Hey that was really cool.
Hey that was really cool.
I hope you realize how pissed I am.
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189 posts
Location: London
189 posts
Location: London
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Thats so weird. Even knowing the secret i only counted 5.
Thats so weird. Even knowing the secret i only counted 5.
I hope you realize how pissed I am.
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Location: Leicester, England
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Location: Leicester, England
Posted:
Bollox! I had to read it about 6/7 times before i found all six!!! Freaky shit man!!!------------------Respect the flames, for from them emerges heat, and light, let this Light guide you, and this heat warm your heart, from fire comes Life.
Bollox! I had to read it about 6/7 times before i found all six!!! Freaky shit man!!!------------------Respect the flames, for from them emerges heat, and light, let this Light guide you, and this heat warm your heart, from fire comes Life.
Respect the flames, for from them emerges heat, and light, let this Light guide you, and this heat warm your heart, from fire comes Life.
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Location: Oceanside, California, USA
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Location: Oceanside, California, USA
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That was cool! I counted 4 the first time then I counted again and only got three. Tricky!Eric
That was cool! I counted 4 the first time then I counted again and only got three. Tricky!Eric
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Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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That is WAY too weird! Can we not process "of" because there's no F phoeneme in the word? Think about how you say "of", you don't say it "Uhff", you say "uhv" right? I'd be interested in a linguist's take on this trick.------------------Ouch, dammit! Frickin poi, stop hitting me!
That is WAY too weird! Can we not process "of" because there's no F phoeneme in the word? Think about how you say "of", you don't say it "Uhff", you say "uhv" right? I'd be interested in a linguist's take on this trick.------------------Ouch, dammit! Frickin poi, stop hitting me!
Ouch, dammit! Frickin poi, stop hitting me!
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Location: Portsmouth, Hants, UK
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Location: Portsmouth, Hants, UK
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Hehehehe good to see it freaked you guys out too!Wonder if it works when you're mashed...
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Hehehehe good to see it freaked you guys out too!Wonder if it works when you're mashed...
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Nice one matetake care Dizz 
Nice one mate
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Location: Perth, Western AUSTRALIA
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Location: Perth, Western AUSTRALIA
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Thats really confusing, Ive had a big night, just got home I only found 3, sounds like Im one of the least intelligent people on here..Very cool though!------------------Lisa
Thats really confusing, Ive had a big night, just got home I only found 3, sounds like Im one of the least intelligent people on here..Very cool though!------------------Lisa
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Location: Wheaton, IL USA
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Location: Wheaton, IL USA
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Wierd!!!I counted 5 THREE times!!! I saw the same two of's but missed the third one each time, go figure!Oottat------------------It's only funny until someone gets hurt.... Then it's a COMPETITION!!!
Wierd!!!I counted 5 THREE times!!! I saw the same two of's but missed the third one each time, go figure!Oottat------------------It's only funny until someone gets hurt.... Then it's a COMPETITION!!!
It's only funny until someone gets hurt.... Then it's a COMPETITION!!!
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Location: Chch, Aotearoa
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Location: Chch, Aotearoa
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ohh
now i'll never be a genius------------------"That is perfect. This is perfect. Perfect comes from perfect. Take perfect away from perfect, the remainder is perfect. May peace and peace and peace be everywhere." :)
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now i'll never be a genius------------------"That is perfect. This is perfect. Perfect comes from perfect. Take perfect away from perfect, the remainder is perfect. May peace and peace and peace be everywhere." :) That is perfect. This is perfect. Perfect comes from perfect. Take perfect away from perfect, the remainder is perfect. May peace and peace and peace be everywhere. :)
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Location: London/Brighton, UK
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Location: London/Brighton, UK
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I got it, but I knew the secret
Scrubb, I'm no linguist, but I did a course in linguistics last year, and yeah - you hit the nail on the head. We ignore the 'of's because we pronounce them 'ov's and so just skip them as we read. You can't help but read them like this - an example of how reading as an automatic process affects our lives.Ever heard of the Stroop effect? It's pretty funny (if you like this sort of thing ). You can do online tests for it. Sorry I don't know any URLs, but if you search you'll prolly find a good site (if you're interested that is).Princess xx
I got it, but I knew the secret
Scrubb, I'm no linguist, but I did a course in linguistics last year, and yeah - you hit the nail on the head. We ignore the 'of's because we pronounce them 'ov's and so just skip them as we read. You can't help but read them like this - an example of how reading as an automatic process affects our lives.Ever heard of the Stroop effect? It's pretty funny (if you like this sort of thing ). You can do online tests for it. Sorry I don't know any URLs, but if you search you'll prolly find a good site (if you're interested that is).Princess xx BRONZE Member
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Location: Stillwater, Ok. USA
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Location: Stillwater, Ok. USA
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don't feel bad, I am a jenus, geneius, geniouse (however the heck you spell it) and I only got three F's
don't feel bad, I am a jenus, geneius, geniouse (however the heck you spell it) and I only got three F's
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Location: Stillwater, Ok. USA
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Location: Stillwater, Ok. USA
Posted:
have you seen the one where they have a bunck of words (red blue green yellow orange, etc) writen out with each word having a random color (like the word green writen in blue) then you have to look at the word and say the color it is written in instead of the word that is written (i'll try to put a link to it)
have you seen the one where they have a bunck of words (red blue green yellow orange, etc) writen out with each word having a random color (like the word green writen in blue) then you have to look at the word and say the color it is written in instead of the word that is written (i'll try to put a link to it)
we eat and we drink and we smoke and we try!
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Location: Houston, Texas, USA
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Location: Houston, Texas, USA
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i counted 46.....what does that mean?? [image]https://www.homeofpoi.com/ubb/images/icons/confused.gif">Super'------------------[/image]He Murders Some Part of the World These Are the PaleDeaths Which Men Miscall Their Lives All this I Cannot Bear to Witness Any Longer Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation Take Me Home"
i counted 46.....what does that mean?? [image]https://www.homeofpoi.com/ubb/images/icons/confused.gif">Super'------------------[/image]He Murders Some Part of the World These Are the PaleDeaths Which Men Miscall Their Lives All this I Cannot Bear to Witness Any Longer Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation Take Me Home"
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear.
- Mark Twain
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Location: Oceanside, CA USA
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Location: Oceanside, CA USA
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the first time i looked at it i saw 3 and i kept looking and looking and i only saw 3 i thought i was loosin it... but then a day later i looked at it and i saw all 6. pretty funny...___________________"Come with me to a land of fantasy take my hand down into techno land"
the first time i looked at it i saw 3 and i kept looking and looking and i only saw 3 i thought i was loosin it... but then a day later i looked at it and i saw all 6. pretty funny...___________________"Come with me to a land of fantasy take my hand down into techno land"
Its not easy being green....
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Location: London/Brighton, UK
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Location: London/Brighton, UK
Posted:
Hey Santanatwo - that wierdy coloured words thing would be the Stroop EffectI bothered myself to find a URL : https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/ready.html
Hey Santanatwo - that wierdy coloured words thing would be the Stroop Effect
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Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Classically British
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Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Posted:
f's? What f's? It's a trick I tell you...
f's? What f's? It's a trick I tell you...
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