If you want to pass some time: A so-called demonstration of ESP. People that I've showed it to seem to either get the trick immediately, or at least within a minute... or they remain stymied for a long while. [If you do get it, please don't spoil the fun for everyone else by revealing it!]
Morethan the actual "ESP" though, what struck me the most (in waysenlightening, humorous, and pathetic at the same time) are the explanationsthat people (many claiming to be educators and other supposedly learnedfolks) give for how the site works: time travel, quantum mechanics,aliens, and whatnot.
It's a bit sad, really -- but I'm notreferring to people being unable to see the trick quickly -- everyoneprocesses things differently cognitively, after all. Rather it's howfolks, when faced with a slight intellectual roadblock, rather thanthinking a bit from the ground up to figure it out, will give up -- andafter doing so, use up probably a greater amount of their mental energy to dream up these elaborate and outlandish "explanations".
Thereare physical couch potatoes... and then there are the intellectual kind. Arepeople in the 21st century really that intellectually lazy? =P
Comments (3)
LOL. I got the trick down immediately... well... err... okay, I kind of cheated. I remember seeing this trick in college, and I was duped for... well, let's just say a while. But hey, I got it this time!
Hope you're doing very well, Mark. Take care and God bless you.
Posted by Maiku | July 26, 2005 1:28 PM
Posted on July 26, 2005 13:28
Haha pretty interesting and clever! I'm not as smart as you so it took me about two minutes to "get it." Hope all is well...
Posted by joeyguhguh | July 27, 2005 2:11 AM
Posted on July 27, 2005 02:11
Hey mark - thanx for the comments on my xanga. Yes feel free to share!
Posted by nerdjenni729 | July 28, 2005 4:36 AM
Posted on July 28, 2005 04:36