sceptic Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Please just read the text at the bottom only, vote in the poll how many f's you can find on your first attempt FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Depends on if you're including the whole post or just the text following the 'following text' or the text following 'first attempt'. I voted 2 Edit: (because I missed the F in scientific and all the of's... damnit!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markleon Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 It's more than 2 even if you don't include the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Well clearly it's up for interpretation and is just a question on how you see the guidelines of the post. If this is a trick question then it's a stupid one so it must be in re how people interpret what's being asked. I doubt there's a real answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 The answer you're supposed to get is 3 (I think.) If you've done this sort of exercise before, though, you get a different answer ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceptic Posted November 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Well clearly it's up for interpretation and is just a question on how you see the guidelines of the post. If this is a trick question then it's a stupid one so it must be in re how people interpret what's being asked. I doubt there's a real answer. What have you been eating Magic Mushrooms all you have to do is count the F's in the text on the bottom line (I could post some different tests) but they may be wasted on your thought process Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Well clearly it's up for interpretation and is just a question on how you see the guidelines of the post. If this is a trick question then it's a stupid one so it must be in re how people interpret what's being asked. I doubt there's a real answer. kfay, I think you'd better quit while you're ahead. There is a trick, but it has nothing to do with the wording of the question. Count the F's: FINISHEDFILESARETHERESULTOFYEARSOFSCIENTIFICSTUDYCOMBINEDWITHTHEEXPERIENCEOFYEARS... Do you still get 2 EDIT: OR EVEN 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Is it too late to say I feel really F-ing dumb? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Is it too late to say I feel really F-ing dumb? :) You shouldn't. I had EXACTLY the same attitude the first time I ran into this exercise. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceptic Posted November 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Is it too late to say I feel really F-ing dumb Just to help there are 3 normal answers to this test 3 is the norm, this is because The brain cannot process "OF". 4 is rare (this is what I did) 6 is genius or you have seen the test before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 6 is genius or you have seen the test before 6, I saw it before. 3 when I saw it the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjames Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 3 for me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 The text at the bottom contains no "f"s just "F"s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 i have to say, this is the 3rd time i'm doing this test, and i always get 3 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceptic Posted November 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 The text at the bottom contains no "f"s just "F"s... go to the bottom of the class Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Knowing the test I improved from 3 to 4. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 My vote was two. (If someone now says that mathematicians can't count, Han well tell them that they are wrong). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburn Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 No, no. Han is a mathematician, and will say that two is the correct answer (for sufficiently large values of two). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I'm an astronomer, so two is well within the margin of error. BTW I got 3 the first time I saw this one. The order of magnitude is right, happiness :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I'm an astronomer, so two is well within the margin of error. BTW I got 3 the first time I saw this one. The order of magnitude is right, happiness :lol: Now I know why Gnome hasn't responded to this thread. The number is too small for an economist :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I got 6, I don't really understand this lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I got 6, I don't really understand this lol. Me too. If you said it outloud, and asked me to count as you said it, I can understand getting less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I got 6, I don't really understand this lol. The idea is to read the sentence, not to read the words. Those who exceed a certain level in English won't notice the "of" and will count less than 6 f's. If a Finnish text were given, we would all get the correct number. If you read a book you don't have time to count all the letters either. Pattern recognition helps there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I got 6. But I've did the test before (though not with this exact sentence). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I got 6. But I've did the test before (though not with this exact sentence). Me too, for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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