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I have linked a picture of 20 rectangles. Pick one, and I will tell you the one you likely picked. Read the description.

Some of you might know what I'm up to. If you do, don't spoil it for others. In the link below, is a picture with 20 numbered rectangles. What I want you to do is choose the one that you find the most visually pleasing--i.e. which rectangle you feel is the most satisfying to your eye, and which you find the most "perfect." Don't tell me what it is. Just tell me what you had in mind, and I will tell you the number of the rectangle. If you're like 90% of people, you probably picked a very particular rectangle, or one of the ones very similar to it. This isn't a mathematical trick... not really. Not in the same way as the guessing your number games. In fact, the only numbers here are the numbers on the rectangles to make for ease of reference. But there's a very amazing and elegant explanation to why 90% of people choose this particular rectangle. Here's the image: http://i.imgur.com/P7koQvg.jpg
inthebelljar
what if no particular rectangle seems more visually appealing than the rest..? they all seem like perfectly fine rectangles...
inthebelljar
interesting. i don't want to force you to type all of this out.. unless you want to.. but i am curious about the normal explanation..
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
EP ate my long answer and I'm too pissed of about that to type it up again.
Just google "Golden Ratio" and you'll see why :P
inthebelljar
sorry about all that typing gone to waste. and thanks, i will read up on it for sure...
looper233
Okay, I picked one
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
xD I've a legitimate phobia of red lights, and the color red makes me rather uneasy. xD My room is blue. To be exact, Valspar "Splish Splash" blue :P
Ahh the Golden Ratio gets me all fuzzy inside. I made a poster of it, two actually ^_^ one's a strict Golden Spiral, and the other is a Fibonacci Golden Spiral. :3 I've a phi shirt, too :D I'm obsessed with phi a little too much. I scarred the Golden Spiral into the back of my hand because I love it so much and can't really get a tattoo yet xD
looper233
Oh, damn. No scarring please - even if it's for a good cause. Love yourself as much as we do. Goodnight, punk.
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
xD It's the only thing I've ever scarred into me. It was semi-intentional. Started out drawing it with a bad pen, then scratching myself a bit on accident. Didn't think it would actually stay there permanently. Thought it would be more like a temporary tattoo xD
Tsunami3
Am I supposed to tell you which one I picked? I am confused :)
Tsunami3
11 is boring, and I'm rarely part of the majority, but I doubt your 90% statistic is accurate.
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
No, it's been tested several times over the past 1000 years. I guess this sample is part of that 10% xD
Tsunami3
Can you support your claim? I think you are biased by your love for the golden ratio and projecting it onto us. :P
http://goldenratiomyth.weebly.com/phi-in-psychology.html
Mary3d
Okay what now : D
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
4 does have similar proportions to 11, so it does seem a bit more reasonable to say that you're "sort of" like the majority.
Mary3d
Yeah i guess so : D
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
:P
milesne
ok so I picked one
milesne
13 actually
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
Hmm, you went for a squarish one, I see. 16 is more square than 13, so it makes me wonder if you went for the most squarish one or not xD
milesne
so what happened?
ib14fun
ok which one did I pick
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
Maybe it was 11.
ib14fun
19
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
Hmm... EPeeps aren't "average" people, so I guess that's why no one finds 11 the best looking one so far xD studies have been done... for thousands of years, actually, that show that most people would find rectangles with the same or similar proportions to 11 visually appealing.
nightoceanbreeze
ok...chose one...now?
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
Did you choose rectangle 11, perhaps?
nightoceanbreeze
No...what next?
TetrisGuy · 26-30, M
Hmm, you're not like most people, then.

 
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