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Telepathy test: which number did I write?
Hi, I invite you to participate in a simple telepathy test.
At about 5:45 p.m. on this Sunday July 19 (Brussels, Belgium time), I wrote carefully one of the three numbers: "1", "2", "3" on my sheet of paper, and I surrounded it with a circle. Then, I wrote it again twice.
I shall repeat this number (which was obtained using a random number generator) from time to time during this test.
I ask you to write it here (if you think you know it, even with a doubt). You may also answer "I don't know".
So, your answer should be one of the three numbers: "1", "2", "3", or "I don't know".
I would also appreciate a little comment; you may say, for example, how confident you are in your answer.
Thank you for participating.
Dr. NG, here are the results of my latest test:
All three people who gave numbers equal to 1, 2 or 3 answered correctly.
It seems that, possibly because of a software change on Yahoo Answers, some of my comments (for "old" tests) have been deleted and lost.
Furious Unicorn, individual tests are like stones for building a house. If you have good stones, you can perhaps hope to build a good, solid house, not if you have lousy stones.
RESULTS:
SwagMann, Furious Unicorn, PhotonX and steve gave the correct answer (which is 2).
The percentage of correct answers is equal to 4/6 = 67%, which is significantly higher than the about 33% from pure chance. I didn't find nailand's answer credible, so the hit rate for credible numerical answers is 4/5 = 80%.
When I combine the results of the last two tests, I find a hit rate of 7/9 = 78% for all (valid) numerical answers, and equal to 7/8 = 87.5% for credible answers.
Tom, telepathy is thought transference, and I see no reason why it shouldn't work with simple thoughts, like thoughts of numbers or letters. My online telepathy testing seems (to me at least) to produce positive evidence with numbers or letters.
Wikipedia says:
Broad generalizations are often made in "pop" psychology about one side or the other having characteristic labels, such as "logical" for the left side or "creative" for the right. These labels are not supported by studies on lateralization, as lateralization does not add specialized usage from either hemisphere.[2] Both hemispheres contribute to both kinds of processes,[3]
and experimental evidence provides little support for correlating the structural differences between the sides with such broadly defined functional differences.[4]
12 Answers
- steveLv 46 years agoFavorite Answer
Number 2
Can we have your results afterwords?
Source(s): First number that popped into my head. - TomLv 76 years ago
One target does not get it and proves nothing. Try a sequence of 100 numbers I thru 5 A more sophisticated test involves a PHOTOGRAPH of a thing or place---some people can get it some cant.--and it is very obvious from the description if it is a "hit" or not.
Even if telepathy is real, how do you know it works with numbers? My own study suggests that it does NOT work with alphanumeric symbols or second order words (New words for words you have learned before) . Suggesting that Telepathy is a RIGHT BRAINED function.
Some graphic symbols and pictures DO come through----but in a way resembling a verbal description Suggesting a multi step process and a SERIAL "signal carrier" (rather than parallel)----
The signal is likely based on "Quantum entanglement" (QE) rather than a "radio-like" EM wave. and behaves like Bohm's "Quantum Potential Field" further reinforcing the QE speculation----in not decreasing in strength with distance and instantaneous in transmission.
RUN THE TEST WITH A PHOTOGRAPH and not numbers. people get credit id they get the photo and EXTRA credit for reporting unusual details.
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- PhotonXLv 76 years ago
Wow! Another 33% chance to get it right--this is almost as good as flipping a coin--or three coins. Okay, I'm going with 2, but I absolutely didn't count the heads from a three coin flip to get that number. I promise.
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Why don't you do what English Guy suggested last time, and make the number range 1-1000, or even a million? Anyone who hits that number two or three times in a row might be worth of your attention. Asking random people at random times with a 33% chance isn't going to narrow the field.
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<individual tests are like stones for building a house> Tests are only good if they are scientifically rigorous. You don't even know if I (or anyone else) are simply flipping coins as I suggested, so how do you think such data are useful? Or are you suggesting coins might be telepathic?
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- Anonymous6 years ago
Michel why don't you add all the tests together and see what the result is? It's no good analyzing a single test in isolation.
I'll go for 2 as well.
Edit
After six years you must have collected a huge pile of stones, it's time to assemble them.
- Anonymous6 years ago
A 33% chance by a 0% believer on a parapsychology/paranormal website 100% of the time. What are the odds...
- Dr. NGLv 76 years ago
You've been running this test for at least 6 years. I'll play when you give the guinea pigs the results...
