Supr49er
2011 Thunderfall Cup
Spoiler 1, Option A
A little experiment
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Masquerouge
Deity
That's a pretty clever poll. Went 1-A for me.
WICKLC1
King
Spoiler 1 option b
I actually just inserted integers into the equation for spoiler 1, I don't have any idea how to calculate it.
Masquerouge
Deity
Well either you learned the quadratic formula in school or you didn't... Was kinda happy to remember it, after all these years!
I learned it, but did not remember it. Actually, I probably could have figured it out through basic factoring if I had remembered to express it as ax^2+bx+c.
Masquerouge
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Huayna Capac357
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1, A. I'm right brained????
What does the math thingy prove???
What does the math thingy prove???
Kennigit
proud 2 boxer
Learn to factor peeps! (3x + 2)(x-6)=
3x^2 - 18x + 2x - 12= (First terms + Outside terms + Inside terms + Last terms, or 3x * x, 3x * -6, etc.)
3x^2 -16x -12
and so x= -2/3 and x= +6
It's ok though. As I voted in the previous thread on this ~1 year ago, I can only see her going counterclockwise, and no matter how hard I have tried, it only goes that way.
edit- I really wished I had opened spoiler 2 first. I expect to see her go counterclockwise so it does not change now, but if I had been caught by surprise, maybe for the first time in my life I could have seen her go the other way.
3x^2 - 18x + 2x - 12= (First terms + Outside terms + Inside terms + Last terms, or 3x * x, 3x * -6, etc.)
3x^2 -16x -12
and so x= -2/3 and x= +6
It's ok though. As I voted in the previous thread on this ~1 year ago, I can only see her going counterclockwise, and no matter how hard I have tried, it only goes that way.
edit- I really wished I had opened spoiler 2 first. I expect to see her go counterclockwise so it does not change now, but if I had been caught by surprise, maybe for the first time in my life I could have seen her go the other way.
salty mud
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Opened spoiler 1, option B.
Globex
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Looks like the activities in the spoilers didn't have a significant effect on your brain activity and/or recent brain activity doesn't affect the way you perceive the dancer spinning.
I'm still skeptical about the left-brainers-see-it-go-counterclockwise-and-right-brainers-see-it-go-clockwise hypothesis. I think that it has more to do with the position of the dancer's leg when you take your first glance at the gif.
For those of you who can't see the dancer go both ways, try these tricks:
If you want to see the dancer go counterclockwise, focus on the shadow of the outward pointing leg.
If you want to see the dancer go clockwise, focus on the leg that's perpendicular to the ground and its shadow. Because of the vertical motion of the leg, you can perceive the two oscillating instead of rotating. The trick is, see it oscillating, then try to see it spinning clockwise. (Rotating counterclockwise -> oscillating -> rotating clockwise).
I'm still skeptical about the left-brainers-see-it-go-counterclockwise-and-right-brainers-see-it-go-clockwise hypothesis. I think that it has more to do with the position of the dancer's leg when you take your first glance at the gif.
For those of you who can't see the dancer go both ways, try these tricks:
If you want to see the dancer go counterclockwise, focus on the shadow of the outward pointing leg.
If you want to see the dancer go clockwise, focus on the leg that's perpendicular to the ground and its shadow. Because of the vertical motion of the leg, you can perceive the two oscillating instead of rotating. The trick is, see it oscillating, then try to see it spinning clockwise. (Rotating counterclockwise -> oscillating -> rotating clockwise).
Masquerouge
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I'm not so sure. We have roughly the same amount of people seeing her turning clock-wise, but twice as many people seeing her turning counterclockwise in case 2 than in case 1.
Not fully significant statistically, but if the trend keeps up, then yes.
"1 is the loneliest number...."
Kennigit
proud 2 boxer
edit- nevermind, I was being stupid. What I said can be said for a clockwise arguement, but I don't see it.
edit 2- if I blink constantly for about 20 seconds, I can get her to make 1/2 rotation clockwise. That is as much as I can do it. So, I still think she goes counterclockwise but you can trick your mind to see clockwise.
If anyone wants to compare to the old thread results, I actually added the link to my sig.
edit 2- if I blink constantly for about 20 seconds, I can get her to make 1/2 rotation clockwise. That is as much as I can do it. So, I still think she goes counterclockwise but you can trick your mind to see clockwise.
If anyone wants to compare to the old thread results, I actually added the link to my sig.
JamesWolfpacker
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If you see her spinning clockwise (CW)... Focus on readng the text around the dancer. This will prime your brain to the language side and with your prehiprial vision you can see the dancer rotating counter-clockwise (CCW).
If you concentrate, you can hold this direction by mentally pushing her to continue in that direction.
The flipping points to where she'll flip direction seem to be about 7 o'clock for CCW to CW and 1 o'clock for CW to CCW.
If you concentrate, you can hold this direction by mentally pushing her to continue in that direction.
The flipping points to where she'll flip direction seem to be about 7 o'clock for CCW to CW and 1 o'clock for CW to CCW.
Loppan Torkel
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But I think opposite results were anticipated - more anticlockwise for option 1 and vice versa.
mangxema
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You guys are crazy.
