September 29, 2004

Am I psychic? "This test is based on the Zenner ESP card test. Since the shape is not selected until after you have made your choice, this is a test of your ability to predict future events. The accuracy of the result increases with the number of guesses that you make. The significance level is determined by a formula that was used with the Zenner tests."
posted by SideDish 20 years ago
  • I got it right 20% of the time! *dimly remembers junior college statistics class, observes that there are five choices...* Doh!
  • Guess not. I'm more in tune with the Sparks' "I Predict."
  • Hey! 100% !!! Who gives a crap about the significance level? Quit while you're ahead, I say.
  • Definitely not psychic. I was at one point, but then my psychic ability went down the crapper.
  • how does one lose psychic ability, f8x? is it like losing socks?
  • I knew you were going to say that, Sidey.
  • I got like no psychic ability whatsoever. Nevertheless, I should point out that statistically speaking, if you click on the same answer for 15 times or so, the psychic percentage seems to hold at 25-30%. This leads me to think that every symbol was flashed at least 3 times or 20% of the time. Which is .33 on their measuring chart. This proves that the test is random considering the possible number of answers available... And completely inane (on a more personal note) lol... I knew I was gonna say that.
  • SideDish, I *knew* that you were going to post this link today. f8xmulder, I'm really looking forward to your FPP tomorrow -- it will be one of the better links ever on MoFi. Trust me.
  • I knew you would be looking forward to that, davidmsc.
  • Hey -- the quidnunc kid out-psychic'd me!
  • Yeah, but you knew I was going to do it, so ...
  • The game is mine!
  • I knew I was going to post this.
  • I knew I was going to post this.
  • twice.
  • i'm either stupid or totally not psychic. Or maybe both.
  • I think I am completely devoid of psychic ability. By averages, if I took a hundred tests, I would get about 20% right. I got less than 5% right.
  • better eat yer wheaties, shawnj
  • 9 out of 10. Creepy.
  • Hmmm, 1,000 clicks on "wave", 194 correct. I guess I have a slight ability to predict what won't happen. pete_best: don't bother with the lottery ticket this week, sorry.
  • Your score of 2.01 indicates slight psychic ability. Who knew?
  • shawnj: my psychic powers tell me you have "very significant psychic ability".
  • Yeah, but I was just thinking of a number between one and ten, and I got it right! (It was 7, duh.)
  • I infallibly predicted my score would be 100/100, therefore I needn't take the test at all. Oh, and Side? that milk in your refrigerator? don't bother to sniff it, its sour. Trust me, I know!
  • oh my GOD, patb, i was just about to BUY that milk to put into my refrigerator NEXT WEEK! you are a doublepsychic!
  • Not psychic.
  • Fes: get thee back to stats class, monkey! The probability of any particular card being selected by the applet is 1/5 (.20). But, assuming you're not psychic and you're making random predictions, the probability that you pick a particular card is also 1/5 (.20). So the probability that the computer picks a certain card AND you pick that same card is (.20)*(.20)=.04, and by chance alone you'd pick the right one 4 times out of 100. (Not psychic, but a stats geek)
  • I predict at least one Monkey will call bullshit. (but hey, I was wrong on the test, so whaddaIno)
  • So the probability that the computer picks a certain card AND you pick that same card is (.20)*(.20)=.04, and by chance alone you'd pick the right one 4 times out of 100. (Not psychic, but a stats geek) Thats nonsense, isn't it?
  • Thats nonsense, isn't it? I'm afraid it is.
  • "Big Ben; Joe Nameth; and the candidates' campaign promises..." "Big Ben; Joe Nameth; and the candidates' campaign promises?" "May a diseased yak squat in your hot tub."
  • Sorry, GramMa, but I call bullshit on that. You're clearly not psychic.
  • *rip*
    Name a clock, a jock, and a crock.