> Joan in GB-W <jjkr
...@aol.com> wrote:
> : There is an explanation, I'm sure . . .
> : http://www.quizyourprofile.com/guessyournumber.swf
> Yup -- nice example of introducing enough irrelevant info that
> people get distracted. Here's the explanation
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> Explanation:
> Suppose I pick number 21.
> (1) several numbers are in each color. The numbers
> 1, 6, 14, 21, 22 are in magenta (or whatever the pinky color is).
> (2) You select a colored rectangle that matches the color, so you narrow
> own the options to e.g., the nu,bers above.
> (3) Several steps later, you see some houses. Each house has one number
> from each color group. So the house with 21 in it has none of the other
> magenta numbers.
> (4) As soon as I pick that house, the program crosses the two groups
> (magenta numbers vs. those in that one house), and comes up with one in
> common: 21.
> All the rest is flimflam and razzmatazz.
> I used to know a card version of the same trick, but this one is more
> impressive(colors, shapes, doors, and the feeling that a dumb program
> couldn;t possible be guessing right!).
> -- Andy Barss
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