How much do you think you control your conscious mind?

[Jiberjabber]

This is part of a 1999 study originating from Stanford university.

The object of the game is simple, count the ball passes as describe at the start of the video.

[Meursault]

Interesting, seen it before and spotted the gorilla before. A more interesting experiment in a college was role play of a prison. They split the students into guards and prisoners, they had to abandon the experiment as it got too serious

very interesting post. its a bit like what happened in abu garib

[Jiberjabber]

When I first tried it a few years back I was a little alarmed that a Gorilla could waltz into and out of my line of vision undetected, to be honest I felt a little stupid. New research shows that I may be on the better side of the results ...

http://www.livescience.com/6727-invi...ws-notice.html

Interesting, seen it before and spotted the gorilla before. A more interesting experiment in a college was role play of a prison. They split the students into guards and prisoners, they had to abandon the experiment as it got too serious

They've made the Stanford Prison Experiment into a few different movies actually, one of them starring Adrien Brody.

[Jiberjabber]

The Milgram Experiment probably gives a small insight to how Hitler got away with what he caused, obviously this generalising a lot, but it does show how we can be manipulated easily

You're not at all wrong there.

[royaler]

Try this one..... Just freaked myself out

Freaked me out too DVDG ... jesus, how the hell does that work!!

[Jiberjabber]

Try this one..... Just freaked myself out

What the? ...

I'm guessing hammer must be an almost universal symbol for tools but how the hell did they know I'd pick red? Red is not even my favourite colour so why did I pick it?

[royaler]

This is part of a 1999 study originating from Stanford university.

The object of the game is simple, count the ball passes as describe at the start of the video.

Had actually seen that before Jibber ... I love the way the Gorilla beats his chest ... heehee!!

[Jiberjabber]

Here is a suggested answer
http://skeptacles.blogspot.ie/2005/0...ed-hammer.html

" I wonder what they'll find different about some people, who read the red hammer meme in the email and pick the color "fuck" and the tool "you" and wonder why they read this far. "

Haha, nice.

[Lara Mills]

When I studied psychology, there was one experiment that I could really remember. It was a look at the Bystander effect, which is where the more people there are around, the less likely someone is to help another (me doing a very basic summary there).

The test they did involved someone taking a test in a room. They are told they must complete the test before they can leave. Each time the room would start to fill with smoke, and they timed to see how long it would take for the person to leave. The only variable was whether the person was alone in the room or had others with them (actors, told not to look at the smoke and to continue the test). Here's the video of the experiment that I found:



I find it fascinating that this happens. Is the woman really sitting there and thinking "I won't be the first to stand"? or is that all in her unconscious, as she has to complete the test?

[Lara Mills]

Try this one..... Just freaked myself out

I'm a socio-path/psychopath then, as the very first time I did this I thought red spanner It's just that the colour 'red' and the tool 'hammer' are the first that pop into your head. It's like the "gay" test that goes like this:

Take your first answer and go through the test as quickly as you can to determine if you are gay:

1) Think of a country beginning with the letter 'D'

2) Take the second letter of that country and think of an animal beginning with it

3) Think of a colour of that animal

As long as you weren't thinking of a grey elephant from Denmark, you're not gay!

It's based on our first initial responses

Also, I remember posting the gorilla video somewhere on the forums way way back because I'd been shocked that I hadn't spotted it. I went back and watched it again to make sure it had been there and was stunned... how can I miss someone in a gorilla suit beating their chest, but spot a spider from across the room?