Curiosity HN: Is there a study on patterns in "random" numbers people pick?

[markbao]

I just saw today's XKCD: http://xkcd.com/628/

The caption says "You can do a lot better than 1% if you start keeping track of the patterns in what numbers people pick."

Is there a study about said patterns?

[jdale27]

http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2007/02/is_17_the_mos...

[elcron]

Lets see :) Here's a link to a survey, if it can be called that.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFNjTXkyZi1J...

Spread it to as many people as you can so that it's not biased by the hn crowd.

[iterationx]

mentalists like derren brown use hypnotic suggestion its pretty entertaining to watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=befugtgikMg