Sabrina Kilian wrote:
>> However, if you follow the instructions of "push the button as soon as
>> you decide which to push", chances are good you aren't aware of your
>> choice six seconds before you push the button.
> 
> In that case, the observer does not know which button you will push
> either, they are only predicting it. 

But if they predict with 100% accuracy, I'd say they know it.

>>> Actually, that would be a fairly easy prediction if you know the person.
>>>  Introverts are more likely to pick 1, extroverts would be more likely
>>> to pick 2. You could easily get above 50%, maybe as high as 75% with
>>> people you know well. With a few leading questions to set it up, you
>>> could get even higher.
>> I don't believe you. Certainly not if you repeat the experiment a few
>> dozen times.
>>
> 
> Behavioral psychology. 

I still don't believe you. Shelton is funny for always picking Spock exactly 
because he's so predictable. If you could actually pick my number 75% of the 
time, I'd be shocked.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
   I get "focus follows gaze"?

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