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Jan 4 2016, 08:34 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Jan 4 2016, 07:59 PM) 6 Curious. Anyone else?
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Jan 4 2016, 11:00 PM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 4 2016, 10:56 PM) 13 Yes, less curious. Anyone else?
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Jan 5 2016, 01:41 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jan 4 2016, 06:40 PM) ... between 1 and 12. A real number between 1 and 12, or a number up to 12 digits long? If a number between 1 and 12, then 7, it is the most common selection when asked to give a 'random' number. If up to 12 digits, then 8388608.
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Jan 5 2016, 07:37 AM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Jan 4 2016, 11:48 PM) 3.14159265359 Good choice.
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Jan 5 2016, 07:41 AM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 5 2016, 12:32 AM) 2 Again, curious. It wouldn't be my choice, I could never plant two trees for example, it would have to be three, I don't find two to be a restful number
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Jan 5 2016, 07:42 AM
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QUOTE (x2lls @ Jan 5 2016, 01:41 AM) A real number between 1 and 12, or a number up to 12 digits long?
If a number between 1 and 12, then 7, it is the most common selection when asked to give a 'random' number. If up to 12 digits, then 8388608. Yes real, but it doesn't have to be rational so as many digits as you please, but it should be between 1 and 12. And yes, I'd have chosen 7 - I wonder why that is.
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Jan 5 2016, 10:48 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jan 5 2016, 07:41 AM) Again, curious. It wouldn't be my choice, I could never plant two trees for example, it would have to be three, I don't find two to be a restful number It was a choice without care for the consequence. If you asked pick a value between £1.00 and £12.00, I'd pick £12.00. If you asked pick a number between 1 press-up and 12 press-ups, I'd pick 1.
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Jan 5 2016, 01:05 PM
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QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Jan 5 2016, 11:24 AM) 2.71828 (e) Yes, good one. I'll choose the golden ratio, in deference to art, architecture, and human perception.
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Jan 5 2016, 02:43 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jan 5 2016, 07:42 AM) Yes real, but it doesn't have to be rational so as many digits as you please, but it should be between 1 and 12.
And yes, I'd have chosen 7 - I wonder why that is. I was told it is bacuase we do not choose top or bottom and the centre seems a bit precise so you go just above or below it - 7 sounds less precise (i.e. more random) than 5 so when told to choose a number between 1 & 12 inclusive at random 7 is the modal number chosen
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Jan 5 2016, 04:37 PM
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QUOTE (Rdg @ Jan 5 2016, 02:43 PM) I was told it is bacuase we do not choose top or bottom and the centre seems a bit precise so you go just above or below it - 7 sounds less precise (i.e. more random) than 5 so when told to choose a number between 1 & 12 inclusive at random 7 is the modal number chosen But the centre (6.5) is not as precise as 7.
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Jan 5 2016, 07:15 PM
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QUOTE (Rdg @ Jan 5 2016, 02:43 PM) I was told it is bacuase we do not choose top or bottom and the centre seems a bit precise so you go just above or below it - 7 sounds less precise (i.e. more random) than 5 so when told to choose a number between 1 & 12 inclusive at random 7 is the modal number chosen I see 7 as a propitious restful number, not uncomfortably even, but with just the right amount of asymmetry. That's not unlike what you said.
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