How they hell does this work?

Post by **Stewy911** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:11 pm

this some freaky shit. I cant prove this little ball wrong!
http://trunks.secondfoundation.org/files/psychic.swf

Post by **Caspian** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:29 pm

its just math...not all that freaky. The symbol index changes every time which helps add to the illusion

Post by **tomdarch** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:41 pm

Go through series of numbers and you'll see that the little 'math problem' gives you the same answer over and over, so it's highly likely that the symbol that you're thinking of will show up in the crystal ball. For example:
70 -> 7+0=7 -> 70-7=63
71 -> 7+1=8 -> 71-8=63
72 -> 7+2=9 -> 72-9=63
73 -> 7+3=10 -> 73-10=63
74 -> 7+4=11 -> 74-11=63

and this works for other series of numbers. Whatever symbol is shown on "63" (and the other 'most likely' numbers) will show up in the crystal ball.

It's a nice lesson for people who are temped to give money and trust to 'psychics'.

Post by **tomdarch** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:44 pm

The "answer numbers" are 72, 63, 54, 45, 36, 27, 18, 9 and 0. If you are doing the 'math problem' right, then you will always get one of these numbers as 'the answer'. Look at how they all always have the same symbol.

Post by **jordan** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:49 pm

I'm glad you guys are smarter than I am. I was really upset by that thing for a few minutes.

Post by **gunslnga** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:06 pm

I BET YOU GUYS ARE BEHIND THE SHOW THAT REVEILS ALL THE GREATEST MAGICK TRICKS SECRETS TOO!!! DAMN CAN'T WE HAVE THE WOOL PULLED OVER OUR EYES FOR ONCE AND JUST ENJOY IT, NEXT YOU'LL BE TELLING ME THAT PETE ROSE BET ON BASEBALL.

Post by **hoss** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:26 pm

I think it's the devil.

Post by **ynot** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:58 pm

Quit yelling at us Gunny.

Post by **SikMonkey** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:39 am

A strange thing I discovered the other day during one of my cross-state trips was that if you take any number and subtract its "mirror image" (i.e., 71 - 17) you will ALWAYS get a multiple of 9 (and also 3 by default). The only rule is that the difference can't equal zero (55 -55). Talk about frikkin' random stuff. It also works for 3 digit numbers as well and I would guess it will work for all numbers.

Mj

Post by **ewaaser** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:02 am

Okay, I'm a little slow here. Got that the answer is always either 72, 63, 54, 45, 36, 27, 18, 9 or 0. But just how does it know which of those nine magic numbers I'm thinking about ????