are you in the 2% or the 98% try this test

[duppy man]

This is really weird.

At the end of this, you will be asked a question.

Answer it immediately.

Don't stop and think about it.

Just say the first thing that pops into your mind.

Fun Test...This is kind of spooky!



Find out if you are among the 98% or 2% of the public.

Amazing test....just follow the instructions as quickly as possible.

Do not go to the next calculation before you have finished the previous one.

You do not need to write or remember the answers, just do it using your mind.

You'll be surprised.

Start: What is . . . . 15 + 6

And..... 3 + 56

And..... 89 + 2

And.......12 + 53

And.....75 + 26

And.... 25 + 52

And.........63 + 32

I know! Calculations are hard work, but it's nearly over. .

Come on, one more.. 123 + 5



QUICK ! THINK ABOUT A TOOL AND A COLOUR !



Scroll further to the bottom...



A bit more...



You just thought about a Red Hammer, didn't you?

If this is not your answer, you are among 2% of people who have a different, if not abnormal, mind. 98% of the folks would answer a Red Hammer while doing this exercise.

If you do not believe this, ask your friends to take the test and you'll see.


what did you get..

[thcbongman]

I thought of a blue saw.

I'm abnormal, figures :p

[Bel Acres]

Green wrench. I'm special!

[Alwaysstoned]

pink wrench im special 2

[chix4bud]

i was half right blue hammer :D

[Kramerica]

I thought of a red...........








garden hoe
Hello abnormals

[robert42]

i tohught of a brown saw lol llooks like no1 got red hammer lol

[Bel Acres]

i tohught of a brown saw lol llooks like no1 got red hammer lol

I think being abnormal is a prerequisite to being a stoner.

[The Student]

Hello,

I just finnished doing this, and it almost worked. I endedup choosing a blue hammer.

I am biased though. I do not like the color red and blue is my favorite.

An interesting exersize though.

Take care

Peace

[Reefer Rogue]

blue spanner

[F L E S H]

Half way! Red... Screwdriver

I think the percentage should be the other way around: 98% think of something else, 2% think of a red hammer...

[Bman719]

Green Hammer here.. well.. i don't think this test works man... no one has even thought of the red hammer lol...

[Sensi Super Skunk]

Blue hammer here.

[IntrepidS]

Yep what he said, Blue Hammer.

[Epic]

I had a blue powerdrill :confused:

[Omun]

red screwdriver

[conqueror worm]

red hammer here. that is bizarre- i wonder what the theory is?

[hoodedclum]

Guess im special i thought of a hacksaw.

[SomeGuy]

red wrench

[Phresher than it Got]

purple hammer, most people thought of hammers tho, so we just have a little too much thc up there makin us think of crazy colors

[Sensi Super Skunk]

Yeah, what is the theory behind this?

[duppy man]

by asking people certain questions you can get them to think in a certain way which is very predictable they did not count on stoner's doing the test..did they..in answer to your Q. god knows, its just entertainment

[ermitonto]

I guessed red hammer as well. I think the theory behind this is what we call in linguistics salience, a rather vague concept, but useful in instances like these: red is the most "salient" color because it sticks out more than any other. Red grabs your attention more than the others; that's why they use it for many kinds of warning signs, stop signs, etc. In linguistics, we also know that red is the color a language will have a word for if it has no other color words. For example, there are languages with only words for "black" and "white" (but they're actually broader in definition--usually red, orange and yellow are called "white" and green, blue and purple are called "black"), and there are languages with words for "black", "white" and "red", but no language with only "black", "white" and some other color, suggesting that red is somehow more different from the other colors, or more important, i.e. it is more salient. So when someone tells you to immediately think of a color, you're more likely to pick a particularly salient color like red. It is interesting that most of the answers here are among the four most salient colors according to what colors languages have colors for. If a language has words for "black", "white", and four other color words, it is overwhelmingly likely that those colors are "red", "yellow", "green" and "blue" (think about it -- that would be a lot more useful than, say, "orange", "purple", "brown" and "pink" for color words).

I'm assuming a similar thing applies to tools. The first tool to pop into your head is likely to be one that is frequently used -- a hammer, screwdriver, handsaw, or something, not more specialized tools like a vise or a power sander.

[robert42]

OK THINK OF A NUMBER 1 BETWEEN 10








WAS YOUR NUMBER 1?
WAS YOUR NUMBER 2
WAS YOUR NUMBER 3
WAS YOUR NUMBER 4
WAS YOUR NUMBER 5???

IF IT WAS PLEASE SEND ME MONEY TO:
123 Blastoff Road
Edmonton
London
N9

[Hektik]

i thought of a black screwdriver =/

[sToNeDpEnGuIn420]

i myself also thought of a blue hammer :D

see ITS A BLUE HAMMER!

[Sensi Super Skunk]

I was thinking that this test might have been designed to have us think a certain way by asking specifically designed questions.

[Likes to build bongs]

red screwdriver

The only reson that people say that it should be the other way around (98% abnormal, 2% normal) is because not everybody is replying to the tread, so we don't get everyone's answer. The people that didn't respond could have gotten the red hammer, but we'll never know.

[SashaOxOxMarie]

pink nail lol is a nail a thing that works?

[MiNdYoU]

i think if you get the calculations right then youoll get the red hammer, stoners don't know how to add, just fukn, but it took a split second to answer red hammer, whereas some of you were like, tool? what the hell, color, uhhhhhhhhhhh

[Kid Dynamite]

i thought of a wrench hammer. Oh dear...

[Northernman42]

There's just something not right about blue power drills - thats what I thought of ....
Oh no
Hey robert42 - did anyone send you some cash lol

[GHoSToKeR]

I thought of a Blue Hammer.. i think F L E S H was right, it should be that only 2% of people think of a Red Hammer, lol

and yeah, they didnt factor a bunch of stoners in to the equation, methinks... if they did, then it would have been "%98 of people asked thought of a polkadot dinasour eating a Snickers Bar"

[ermitonto]

I'm a stoner and I've never thought of a polka dot dinosaur eating a Snickers bar...but that thought does make me want to go down to the vending machine. Hmmm....

[Not Enough Herb]

green hammer

im stoned

[Mexicanhomeboy]

haha i thought of a yellow wrench, lemme ask other ppl, i dont think neone thinks of red hammer

[YEM]

i thought about a snail crawling across a red razor

they call me col. kurtz

[NzPoThEaD]

i got a pink spanner

[apsinthion]

blue spanner
I got the same but when I first thought of it I came out as spanner, blue, lol! :confused: :D

[will de beast]

guess im the only normal one here

i got red hammer

guess being normal and a stoner makes me unique on this site aint that nice

[lateralus]

i thought of a wrench hammer. Oh dear...
HAHAH, I was like.. Hammer.. Wrench. No, hammer! Blue.

[shadowfox]

red hammer here. that is bizarre- i wonder what the theory is?

Same here. It is pretty weird...even though I had to use a screwdriver tonight (and I never use tools), I immediately thought of a hammer, then the color red.

So...what is the trick? Why did I think of a red hammer?

[shadowfox]

Okay I googled it and found out the trick. It's pretty common sense I guess. Btw, how many of you guys actually did all the calculations? I know I didn't.
Read on to know the trick. I'm too lazy to put it in my own words. This is from some dude on the sciscoop boards:

**SPOILERS**

It's a very simple trick (4.00 / 1) (#16)
by jdoe on Mon Oct 27th, 2003 at 10:30:52 PM PST
(User Info)

This is actually a very simple trick often used to defraud investors in the stock market.

Hammer is a most commonly used tool. Google count for the word hammer is about 3 million as opposed to 0.5 million for the wrench and screwdriver. Red is the most commonly referred color (google about 60M compare to 40M for blue or green). It means a large chunk of population, something like 30% (not 98%) is going to choose the "red hammer" simply because it's the most common combination. Some large number is going to choose just red or just hammer, getting a "close" answer. Those who guess correctly, forward the message, those who don't discard it. Thus, then you get the message it has a long history of "right" guesses making you believe that there is something to it. But in reality is just a rule of big numbers.

A message constructed for a "violet allen key" would be a lot more interesting, but it's not possible.

[WeedyBoyWonder]

i was half right blue hammer :D
thats what i thought of, blue hammer.

[az666]

shit i thought grey hammer...close but i realted a hammer with grey...it being grey and all...grey grey grey

[J4ay20]

blue hammer

[AloeVera]

red hammer :O

[hempilation311]

orange carrot. I know its a vegetable not a tool. i just woke up and those calculatons gave me a headache.

[fatty lumps]

I picked a red hammer, and was quite stunned when I scrolled down to see 'red hammer'. But I think if you just simply asked someone to think of a color and a tool in general, you'd get the same response as you would without the math equations.

[Dick Justice]

ORANGE SCREWDRIVER!

[fatty lumps]

Yummmm, screwdrivers...... :P

[OrangeHairs INC]

Ha yellow hammer for me

[jonny]

Blue saw

[KellisJ2003]

red hammer here. but what did the number have to do with nething?

[ardavey]

i said silver cescent wrench

[tagnamestek]

red wrenkh, half way there

[Cattabis]

i thought of a calculator.. but then again i jus smoked 3 bowls

[DrGonzo]

I think the crystals I smoked earlier told me 'camera disc' when I did that

but I think I did all the math right

but camera isn't a color...what the hell

[slipnslide087]

i said red wrench i think. i know it was red. either wrench or screwdriver. wait it was a screwdriver. red screwdriver.

[maryjanemama]

I said hammer red, that's crazy. :cool:

[conqueror worm]

Okay I googled it and found out the trick. It's pretty common sense I guess. Btw, how many of you guys actually did all the calculations? I know I didn't.
Read on to know the trick. I'm too lazy to put it in my own words. This is from some dude on the sciscoop boards:

**SPOILERS**

It's a very simple trick (4.00 / 1) (#16)
by jdoe on Mon Oct 27th, 2003 at 10:30:52 PM PST
(User Info)

This is actually a very simple trick often used to defraud investors in the stock market.

Hammer is a most commonly used tool. Google count for the word hammer is about 3 million as opposed to 0.5 million for the wrench and screwdriver. Red is the most commonly referred color (google about 60M compare to 40M for blue or green). It means a large chunk of population, something like 30% (not 98%) is going to choose the "red hammer" simply because it's the most common combination. Some large number is going to choose just red or just hammer, getting a "close" answer. Those who guess correctly, forward the message, those who don't discard it. Thus, then you get the message it has a long history of "right" guesses making you believe that there is something to it. But in reality is just a rule of big numbers.

A message constructed for a "violet allen key" would be a lot more interesting, but it's not possible.

hey shadowfox - thanks for doing the legwork on this as i was obviously much too lazy! :p

[whaddaphuck]

i said blu hammer, so i guess that puts me in the 2% reigion

[JSTA]

red hammer

[sugarmagnolia]

hmmmm...... I think I did it wrong cause I said....

Blue bong

[drofnats]

I thought of a red tractor.

[drofnats]

I was distracted by the falling snow and was thinking about all the little lambs that are just about to enter this world, maybe that's where the Tractor came from.