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jai holmes
jai holmes

May-17-2006 14:50

Count every " F" in the following text:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

Tell me how many you counted on your FIRST try. Ofcourse you can mention how many u found after rechecking.

Its a straightforward question without any trickery, loopholes and no need for google. :)



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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-18-2006 15:55

Well I have to admit, that I figured to ensure my brain wouldn't play tricks on me......I read the passage backwards focusing on the letter F without the words making any sense. :)


crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

May-18-2006 23:44

how's this for loserish-ness: I just read it again, having seen all six the first time, and having read all the other replies...and saw only five...finding the sixth took me three tries.

(Go me, I'm an idiot)

ichiban
ichiban
Well-Connected

May-19-2006 11:41

Clarification please-the first time I started counting and was at three until I hit the third word "of"(which made 4), at that point my brain registered that there were more "of"s that I had not counted. Immediately my brain went back to FINISHED(the first word) to make an accurate count so when I got back to the third word "of" I was now at 6 and not four I then continued with "YEARS...".
CLARIFICATION- THIS MAY BE WHY WE HAVE SO MANY WITH 6's I COULD SAY I COUNTED 6 BECAUSE i COUNTED ONLY ONCE BUT I WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU ARE BEING HONEST THAT ONCE YOU MISS OR RESTART THAT WOULD MEAN FOR ME I HAD 4. AND ARE YOU ALOUD TO READ THE PASSAGE FIRST AND THEN COUNT???


jai holmes
jai holmes

May-19-2006 13:22

I guess u can read the passage first and then count.

Serena Siren
Serena Siren
Well-Connected

May-19-2006 23:52

LOL...I didn't even read the passage, I just looked at every letter to see if it was an F

Logan Creed
Logan Creed

May-20-2006 01:23

When I was in college, I remember an FBI agent gave a presentation and used this passage as an example on how to test people's skills at observation. Most people got the answer wrong (between 2-5), then he suggested reading the passage backwards.

Those F's seemed to pop out of nowhere.



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