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

[lateralus]

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

HAHAH, I was like.. Hammer.. Wrench. No, hammer! Blue.

lateralus Reviewed by lateralus on 02-27-2005. are you in the 2% or the 98% try this test 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. Rating: 5

[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
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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

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!