Try This At Home…

by John P.

Here is a nearly impossible task.

While sitting, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles with it.
While doing this, draw the number â€œ6â€ with your right hand.

Your foot will change direction.

What does this say about the human mind?

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1 Mjuboy May 29, 2007 at 6:51 am: Haha, just tried this and it actually worked. Totally weird…..

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2 John P. May 29, 2007 at 10:01 am: It’s crazy, isn’t it?!?

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3 LisaMarieMary May 29, 2007 at 11:34 am: DUDE! That’s weird!! I tried, really tried to not change the direction my foot was going and it totally didn’t work! It almost felt like, you know how you can’t bend your pinky finger down without your ring finger going down, too? It actually made my foot and my hand feel that connected! Human brains are just cool! ;)

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4 Terry May 31, 2007 at 1:18 am: Its easy. I got this on my first try. You just have to make the 6 in a clockwise direction starting at the inside and circle out. :)

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5 John P. May 31, 2007 at 1:22 am: Only you would find a way to cheat at this! :-)

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6 Peter B May 31, 2007 at 4:27 am: I did it too, following Terry’s advice. Mind you, i had to do it slowly. :)

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7 LisaMarieMary May 31, 2007 at 9:10 am: Very sneaky, Terry!! Hahaha!

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