A MIND GAME
Started by Somebody Else (Identity Unknown) on Net e-mail
Continued by Will Hollerich
"Free will or synaptic wiring? You be the judge...Check out the following exercise, guaranteed to freak you out..."
Instructions:
Scroll down slowly (lest you miss something), reading the questions and obeying the directions given to you.
Answer each of the questions one at a time, and as quickly as you can, but don't advance until you've really done each.
QUICK: What is
1+5?
2+4?
3+3?
4+2?
5+1?
NOW Repeat the number "6" aloud to yourself as fast as you can for 15 seconds.
THEN scroll down.
QUICK: THINK OF A VEGETABLE!
THEN scroll down.
NOW keep going...
OKAY, you're finished.
"Question: You were thinking of a carrot, right? If not, you are among the 2% of the population whose minds are warped
enough to think of something else. 98% of people will answer with carrot when given this exercise. Freaky, eh?"
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