choosing a number from 1 - 10 ; testing my theory

My favorite number is 7.Because in my opinion it stands for mystery and destiny.

Hi sweetie, i normally choose 5. So, if it happens that i am loosing whatever it is I knew i had a 50/50 change. And now i am very curious about why?? TATA.

Also in my oppinion, the unaided human mind is remarkably bad at randomness and there is the simple fact that people virtually always choose 7 when choosing a number between 1-10. Usually we tend to choose numbers that are close to n/2 (where n=10) usually bigger than n/2. 7 is a symbolic number in most cultures, 3 also an arhetypal one. In this context, I would try to choose a number that isn't as close to n/2 as possible, or is not stereotyped as having a symbolic value for me. That number would be 8. (Allow me to smile in a subtle way).

I almost always pick the same number too. It's usually 7. It's not in the middle and it's sort of a "lucky"number. I can't even remember why I started picking it, but that's my choice! I want to know how your theory turns out!

7 :) without a doubt. I don't know either why, but somehow i always choose that if the number 14 is not included in the choices. It's also not in any way near my birthdate or any other number. It's just that i like it and prefer it more than the others. Probably because it looks good when written out. :D

I will choose 7 as it was my lucky number like many others who answered this question before,rarely i will choose a random number

If I had to choose a number between 1 and 10...my number would be 7. I would probably pick that number each time because it's my favorite number.

I usually choose 6. I don't know why. Maybe because it's half of 12 and 12 is my lucky number. when asked to choose a number from 1-20 I always choose 12. Neither 6 nor 12 have any significance in my life either. I've just always been drawn to those two numbers.

Wizzy, did you see my question under number 29? I really want to know! Maggiepie "Uhh...um...ah--oh! Um, my dog ate my birth certificate!" ~ B.0.

I'd deliberately attempt to be random, as I'm a stubborn, contrary sort, preferring to be different for the sake of it. I might pick any of the 10 digits, & it might or might not be the same one in different tests. I've read number theorists who've done studies, & as I recall, they found the majority of subjects choose 3, secondly 5, & others 9. Still others choose numbers significant to them, for whatever reason. The majority do seem to be drawn consistently to the same number each time, but knowing that, I trained myself to create a disconnect between such "pulls," & forcing myself to ignore them. To do this, I first still my mind, emptying it (a yoga trick), & disconnect my influence & associations from the task at hand. I imagine a wheel with the numbers 1-10 around it, spin it, & see where it lands. It might land on 3,5, or 9 (though, personally, I'm "drawn" to 8) & if it does, I choose it, but wherever it goes, that's what I choose. It's as if someone else chose it, not I. This allows me to satisfy my curiosity, because I'd want to see what would happen. I realize this is still influenced by my brain somehow, but I don't think it matters that much. Again, I only say 8 when my wheel lands there after I've achieved my mental state, that "disconnect" I mentioned. So! Here! I'll do as I've said. (spinning...:o) I pick...ah: 6. Let's see how that affects your theory! I look forward to the results of this interesting experiment, & the explanation of your theory, & what it was that interested you enough to do this! When will you announce the results? Maggiepie "Uhh...um...ah--oh! Um, my dog ate my birth certificate!" ~ B.0.

I usually would pick an even number. For some reason, I prefer even to odd. My favorite would probably be 6. There is no significance in it, I just like it.

I would choose 9.It means forever in Chinese.

i usually choose 6 and 9.

I choose 9. It has a lot of properties. Each number has properties.

I usually choose 3 or 7

Ok Wizzywig so now your drew me in and out of curiousity I'll tell that I would pick the number $. So now are you going to start another discussion as to what the numer you are thinking of is and why

i choose 1 because i was born on the first of august.

Hiya Wizzy, Above all numbers I choose 21 and 30 and 18. I like the number 7 too but that´s already been written about. These are the numbers I usually keep coming up with I don´t why either. I´m not very mathematical either but they add up just right for me in some way.

well, I will choose 3 as people say it is a lucky one

I was starting to get childishly disappointed when people are not choosing my favorite number until page 3 of which Chaozu answered 2. Number is 2 is also my favorite number. When a liquid that is supposed to get into your esophagus (where food/water gets in) gets into your larynx (where air pass through) you will cough so hard. I don't know the term for that but anyway, in the Philippines, there's a myth that when that happens to someone, he/she will ask a number and he/she will mentally associate that number to the corresponding letters of the alphabet and then think of anyone he/she knows whose name starts with that letter that could have remembered him/her. I always choose 2 for them and they will start thinking of somebody whose name starts with the letter B. As far as I know, 2 is my favorite number because of the idea of Duality but I'm an advocate of Singularity. Ahh, shucks.. Forget what I'm talking about. LOL.