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Take a look at the results to the right. Although the person was trying to force 3, he did the total opposite. This might happen to you. You say "I want 3" and your subconscious thinks "Well, since this isn't going to work, there won't be a lot of 3's." Your negative subconscious thoughts are reflected onto the results. This is a GOOD sign.
Originally posted by eaglewingz
Ok, I haven't analyzed the entire site yet, so maybe this is an anomaly.
I'll post again after I read and look at the entire site, if I change my mind.
A fallacy jumped right off the page in the first minute I read. I know it's just an example, but it shows how looking for a certain result can affect your conclusions. If you know statistics you can also see the error.
The first exercise depicted is randomly rolling a die 100 times and recording the result. You are then supposed to re-roll it and try to force it to come to a certain number. In the example during the first series of rolls, "6" comes up eleven times. Then the example shows someone trying to force the number " 3". It comes up only nine times. Here is their quote on what this means :
Take a look at the results to the right. Although the person was trying to force 3, he did the total opposite. This might happen to you. You say "I want 3" and your subconscious thinks "Well, since this isn't going to work, there won't be a lot of 3's." Your negative subconscious thoughts are reflected onto the results. This is a GOOD sign.
Ummm, the difference of a number appearing eleven times and one appearing nine times out of 100 is statistically insignificant and entirely probable. You can't say "...he did the total opposite." You don't know what effect he had, if any.
As I said, if the rest pans out, I'll post and eat crow.