submitted by Sang on 10.1.2005 in Jokes
This will blow your mind… Just do it - but don’t cheat! You would only be cheating yourself!
Try this, its actually quite good. But don’t cheat!
Quickly read through the following text and count the number of F’s in it.
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS
Managed it?
Scroll down only after you have counted them!
OK?
How many?
Three?
Wrong, there are six - no joke! Read again!
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS
The reasoning is that the brain cannot process the word “OF”.
Incredible or what?
Anyone who counts all six F’s on the first go is a genius. Three is normal.
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October 3rd, 2005 at 03:29:28
I think the reason is actually that we’re so used to reading “of” that we process it as a unit, and it’s really difficult to see the individual letters. A non-english speaker would have no problem with this task.
October 7th, 2005 at 22:01:35
uh, i counted 6
October 8th, 2005 at 15:45:16
good. you were supposed to.
October 20th, 2005 at 12:47:27
By your standards I would be a genuis then.