The Psychic Flash Movie debunked

[robbat2]

The Psychic Flash Movie debunked, by robbat2:

Those around the net a lot have undoubtedly seen this little flash animation http://www.flashmindreader.co.uk/, which purports to read your mind and show you the symbol that the number you came up with links to.

So many people have been sending it to me lately, that is has seriously pissed me off because it's just some stupid tricks involved.

The mathematics behind it are incredibly juvenille. Come on people, I learnt this in grade 3. Does nobody else know any of the tricks to check divisiblity in the basic multiplication tables ?

The animation has 5 columns numbered decreasing vertically, as:

99	79	59	39	19
98	78	58	38	18
97	77	57	37	17
96	76	56	36	16
95	75	55	35	15
94	74	54	34	14
93	73	53	33	13
92	72	52	32	12
91	71	51	31	11
90	70	50	30	10
89	69	49	29	9
88	68	48	28	8
87	67	47	27	7
86	66	46	26	6
85	65	45	25	5
84	64	44	24	4
83	63	43	23	3
82	62	42	22	2
81	61	41	21	1
80	60	40	20	0

To illustrate this simply, when you subtract the sum of digits from each of the numbers in the table, it leaves you with a multiple of 9, like so:

81	63	45	27	9
81	63	45	27	9
81	63	45	27	9
81	63	45	27	9
81	63	45	27	9
81	63	45	27	9
81	63	45	27	9
81	63	45	27	9
81	63	45	27	9
81	63	45	27	9
72	54	36	18	0
72	54	36	18	0
72	54	36	18	0
72	54	36	18	0
72	54	36	18	0
72	54	36	18	0
72	54	36	18	0
72	54	36	18	0
72	54	36	18	0
72	54	36	18	0

Now go back and look at any reload of the applet. All the multiples of 9 that turn up above 'conveniently' (except 0, see the note in the next paragraph about it) have the same symbol. A little too convenient don't you think?

It seems the majority of copies of the applet out there contain a bug. The digit 0 should have the same symbol next to it as the multiples of 9 up to 82, but it doesn't in many cases. I believe the programmer used a simple multiple check that fails on 0 and so doesn't put in the correct symbol there.

Would people PLEASE stop sending this stupid thing to me now???

Comments

[galaxychild.livejournal.com]

*lol8
I only got it sent once! and i couldn't figure it out, because it kept giving me the wrong answers... it SUCKS! :D

i figured out that playing card one though. easy.

[afreak2600.livejournal.com]

Hey dude, I found this cool mind reader thing. Click here! (http://www.flashmindreader.co.uk/)
[/jest]

I had a hayday explaining this to a lot of people. However, there are mind-reading devices for computers out there. It is just that, they need to be attached to your head.