Funny Test

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Do not take more than 10 seconds to do otherwise is invalid.

After see the result below.

Count the number of F in the following text:

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FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE -
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF -
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

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That's it. Do not look at the following text if you have not finished counting.

Alright?

How many? Three?

ERROR, there are six. It is not a joke!

Go above and recount!

The explanation is below ...

The brain does not record 'OF'. Incredible, right?

Who counts six F at first attempt is a genius,
four or five is rare,
three is normal.
Less than three, you have to change glasses.

Comments

[cass1969.livejournal.com]

I got 3 -- and i didn't count the F in OF -- very strange!

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

wow! I got 3 as well!

[anahcrow.livejournal.com]

I kept thinking I was missing some and couldn't find them. Bizarre! That's a cool one, Elisa.

[adriannebrennan.livejournal.com]

I got 6.

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

I got 5. A copy-editor friend once told me to always read backwards, word-by-word, when proofing. Some trick of the mind just fills in the gaps even when a word's misspelled, and I'll bet it's the same sort of mechanism.

[snowmore.livejournal.com]

I guessed 6 as well, except it wasn't a guess. This floated around our office a year or two ago. :)

[fiona-glass.livejournal.com]

Oh god. I got three - and I'm supposed to be a trained proofreader! Help...