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Swift mathematics

Spiro

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In Randi's latest commentary, his arithmetic seems to have come under some sort of paranormal influences in explaining how the public flock to draw one of just four themes when asked to sketch something. The percentages he quotes for people choosing to draw a house, stick figure, boat or face add up to 104.

I realize I'm just being a pedant about this, but if the studies (no reference to them is given) asked a reasonable number of people freely to draw whatever came into their heads, these percentages should add up to LESS than 100, since surely there must have been at least one or two subjects who drew something other than one of these four themes?
 
Spiro said:
In Randi's latest commentary, his arithmetic seems to have come under some sort of paranormal influences in explaining how the public flock to draw one of just four themes when asked to sketch something. The percentages he quotes for people choosing to draw a house, stick figure, boat or face add up to 104.

I realize I'm just being a pedant about this, but if the studies (no reference to them is given) asked a reasonable number of people freely to draw whatever came into their heads, these percentages should add up to LESS than 100, since surely there must have been at least one or two subjects who drew something other than one of these four themes?
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I'd recommend the board admin's highly helpful response

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2371586&postcount=3
 
Another interesting question, what would you have drawn? Me, it'd probably have been something that exlpodes or goes fast, maybe a rocket or something... :D
 
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