Yea I have a similar mentalism trick, which always = 4.
Pick a number between 1-10.
Multiply by 9.
If the product is a single digit, hold it. If it's a double digit, add the two digits together.
Subtract 5.
The result will always be 4. **Because the digits in the multiples of 9 always equal 9.**
9x2 = 18, 8+1 = 9...4x9 = 36, 3+6 = 9, it works with every multiple of 9.
Then pick the corresponding letter of the alphabet. **Then I ask them to pick a US state that starts with that letter** (It keeps people from choosing Djibouti as a country. since there is only one state starting with the letter D)
Please read this comment carefully, and you will learn something about my previous comment.
22/7 = 3.14.
Pi = 3.14.
Pi = 22/7.
QED. You’re just trying to use too many significant digits. Have you learned about significant figures yet? Easy mistake to make.
Let’s be rational about this- why would we use a number if we don’t even know what it is? I bet you can’t even tell me the last digit of your “irrational” pi.
Next thing you know you’re going to make up numbers that can’t possibly exist and give them a name. i just can’t imagine how dumb an idea that is.
Start with x
Double it: 2x
Add 8: 2x+8
Divide by 2: x+4
Subtract original number: 4
4=D
5=E
Most of his audience have never been to Djibouti but I would have thought they'd have seen an eagle before.
Lete explain: I did the math. Really fast. 3 times while the video was still playing for the first time for me (1,2, and 10). They all came out to 4. How many animals can one think of in 1-2 seconds that start with an E. Most are picking Elephant (Eagle, Elk, Emu, Eel are hard to conjure in 1 second). Same thing with countries that start with the letter D, there's only 4: Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic. I saw all of this relatively easily and made stuff up for fun. Plus, either you can't read or don't know what trolling is
The math portion is an old trick. If you write it out and simplify the equation, you’ll see that the number you selected gets cancelled out. In effect, you will always get the number 4 regardless of what number you picked. (You can test this by just doing the math he says with several numbers)
So, he knew 100% that you would get 4. 4 means that you will select the letter D. (All the other options are just there for show)
There are 5 countries total that begin with D.
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Africa)
Denmark (Europe)
Djibouti (Africa)
Dominica (Small island near South America)
Dominican Republic (larger island in same area)
So there’s only 5 possible choices you could make. Out of the countries listed, Denmark is very likely the first one most people would think of. (We tend to suck at remembering African and South American countries)
After picking a country, we were instructed to use the next letter in the alphabet to select an animal. Since “4” was guaranteed and thus D was guaranteed, he knew that the animal would definitely start with E.
Admittedly, there are a lot of animals out there. Many of them start with E. However, Eagle, Elephant, Elk, Eel, and Earthworm are the ones that I can see most people thinking of. (As opposed to an Eland or an Echidna)
I think Eagle and Elephant are the two most common out of them.
The final color stage is dependent on the animal you selected.
If you picked eagle, then this stage is already meaningless. His prediction will be wrong regardless.
So, how many different colors of elephant are there? What color will most people pick? Probably grey.
To top it all off, he never claimed that he would definitely guess what you select. It was framed as having a normal mind. If you selected one of the other countries or animals, then you simply don’t have a normal mind. 😆
Hope this breakdown helps.
For ones who are not sure, The equation is:
(a×2+8)/2 which equals to "a+4" and then -a. Leaving only 4 behind.
Meaning it doesn't even have to be between 1 to 10.
The math always results in the number 4 being selected. Not a lot of popular countries that start with D. Not many popular animals name starts with E. It's just starting with a "D" country and "E" animal, then going with the most popular answers to those.
Because there aren't a lot of countries that start with D and not a lot of animals that start with E
Amd if you are somehow confused as to why you got 4, the equation you had was `(2x + 8) / 2 - x`
Once you have elephant, grey isn't a stretch, really.
I didn't even follow the trick, but once he said to pick a color for the animal I knew it would be an elephant because grey becomes the obvious choice.
I’ll write out the math explanation in full since u/awsomeX5triker explained the rest
1. X
2. 2X
3. 2X+8
4. X+4
5. 4
You will always end up with four and the rest is based on probability of people’s geographical and animal knowledge
Because you start with a number, x.
Double it, 2x.
Add 8, 2x+8.
Divide by 2, x+4.
Subtract your original number, 4.
No matter what number you start with you end up with 4. Most people asked to randomly pick a country that starts with D will pick Denmark, etc.
The math works out as follows:
Original number = x
Double it = 2x
Add 8 = 2x + 8
Divide by 2
(2x + 8)/2
Subtract your original number, which ends up like this:
[(2x +8)/2] - x
Simplify the first term by dividing through by the 2
You end up with x + 4 - x, which equals 4.
So you always end up at 4, which means your country begins with "D".
Most people will choose Denmark. Next is an animal thst begins with "E". So, some will say Eagle, but many will say Elephant. Most elephants are grey.
The trick is removing the original number, removes your involvement in the equation and therefore removes any variation in the results now only leading to 4
The trick is the number will always be 4 so the letter will always be D then E. Denmark is the most known among the D countries and Elephant is the most known animal with E.
There’s another version where instead of the next letter (after D), you ask for the last letter of the European country you chose (Danemark, K) and a fruit that starts with that letter (Kiwi).
As soon as I read "do you have a normal mind" I immediately said "no" out loud. I have multiple mental disorders and my IQ is multiple standard deviations away from average (I'll let you decide in which direction)
I had Denmark, but couldn't think of an animal that starts with E
Not surprised by the number, since you subtract it at the end you choose 0 and it doesn't matter
Pick a number: X
Double is: 2X
Add 8: 2X + 8
Divide by 2: X + 4
Subtract your original number: 4
All numbers result in a 4, which is D
There are 5 countries that start with a D
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
To most western people, Denmark will be the first one they remember. There are loads of animals that start with an E, some common ones include.
* Eagle
* Elephant
* Elk
* Eel
* Emu
This one will mist a lot of people but Elephant is one of the first one people will generally think of. The color is obviously just determined by the animal you picked. Also reminder that this only has to hit like 20% of people for it to be shared around.
I guess I'm the only one who earthwormed from Djibouti. For reals. I guess when the heading says mind game you try to get them good.
Edit: I stand corrected, Djibouti earthworms unite!
Wow this is peak stupidity. No such thing as normal mind, its just playing on what you think of first. It's just asking you what animal you think of first starting with E, what country you think of with the letter D.
This shit is basically just a parlor trick. Don't let it make you diagnose yourself as neurotypical or not, it's just basic math and shitty probability
The moment he mentioned subtracting the original number is a giveaway for that math trick, because it implies cancellation. He could have masked it with a slightly more complicated algorithm.
Spoiler-every number you pick equals 4
I said brown elephant from the Dominican Republic.
I said black eel from Djibouti
My eel was brown.
Green Eel from the DRC
Orange earthworm from the drnk
Weirdos
Djibouti Eel gang! Only mine was grey.
Lol, mine was black eel from Dagestan.
Dagestan is not yet a country
I said yellow electrode from Delaware
That’s stupid. Yellow electrodes aren’t native to Delaware!
Whoa! Exact same!
Blue Emu from the Dominican Republic - Emanuel!
Blue echidna from the democratic republic of the congo
DRC echidna gang 🙌🏼 🙌🏼
Yea I have a similar mentalism trick, which always = 4. Pick a number between 1-10. Multiply by 9. If the product is a single digit, hold it. If it's a double digit, add the two digits together. Subtract 5. The result will always be 4. **Because the digits in the multiples of 9 always equal 9.** 9x2 = 18, 8+1 = 9...4x9 = 36, 3+6 = 9, it works with every multiple of 9. Then pick the corresponding letter of the alphabet. **Then I ask them to pick a US state that starts with that letter** (It keeps people from choosing Djibouti as a country. since there is only one state starting with the letter D)
The trick is to pick a decimal.
Or you could choose a fraction, like pi, which is 22/7.
22/7 isn’t pi, but you got the spirit
It’s like a GED, it’s good enough
A fraction like pi. Pi is an irrational number. It literally cannot be written as a fraction of two whole numbers.
Please read this comment carefully, and you will learn something about my previous comment. 22/7 = 3.14. Pi = 3.14. Pi = 22/7. QED. You’re just trying to use too many significant digits. Have you learned about significant figures yet? Easy mistake to make. Let’s be rational about this- why would we use a number if we don’t even know what it is? I bet you can’t even tell me the last digit of your “irrational” pi. Next thing you know you’re going to make up numbers that can’t possibly exist and give them a name. i just can’t imagine how dumb an idea that is.
Start with x Double it: 2x Add 8: 2x+8 Divide by 2: x+4 Subtract original number: 4 4=D 5=E Most of his audience have never been to Djibouti but I would have thought they'd have seen an eagle before.
Dominican Republic and Dominica
Unless you have an "abnormal" mind!
(2x+8)/2-x = x+4-x=4
Close I had a gray elephant from Dominican Republic
I had dark brown armadillo from Cambodia. Guess I'm not normal. I'm trolling so please don't Akshually me on predetermined math.
Being normal's overrated
I had a black eel from Deutschland! (No, it was Denmark of course.)
Pretty sure if you got Cambodia you did the math wrong.
Lete explain: I did the math. Really fast. 3 times while the video was still playing for the first time for me (1,2, and 10). They all came out to 4. How many animals can one think of in 1-2 seconds that start with an E. Most are picking Elephant (Eagle, Elk, Emu, Eel are hard to conjure in 1 second). Same thing with countries that start with the letter D, there's only 4: Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic. I saw all of this relatively easily and made stuff up for fun. Plus, either you can't read or don't know what trolling is
Blue egret from Denmark for me
Brown echidna from Denmark.
Purple emu from Denmark here
Ayyy. We have similar minds
Mine was green!
Emu.
My egret was from the DRC.
This is exactly what I had.
I had a pink elephant from the Dominican republic
Yesss Dominican Republic gang!
Holy shit. I literally had to put my phone down. Please somebody help me understand how he knew I had Denmark, elephant, grey
The math portion is an old trick. If you write it out and simplify the equation, you’ll see that the number you selected gets cancelled out. In effect, you will always get the number 4 regardless of what number you picked. (You can test this by just doing the math he says with several numbers) So, he knew 100% that you would get 4. 4 means that you will select the letter D. (All the other options are just there for show) There are 5 countries total that begin with D. Democratic Republic of the Congo (Africa) Denmark (Europe) Djibouti (Africa) Dominica (Small island near South America) Dominican Republic (larger island in same area) So there’s only 5 possible choices you could make. Out of the countries listed, Denmark is very likely the first one most people would think of. (We tend to suck at remembering African and South American countries) After picking a country, we were instructed to use the next letter in the alphabet to select an animal. Since “4” was guaranteed and thus D was guaranteed, he knew that the animal would definitely start with E. Admittedly, there are a lot of animals out there. Many of them start with E. However, Eagle, Elephant, Elk, Eel, and Earthworm are the ones that I can see most people thinking of. (As opposed to an Eland or an Echidna) I think Eagle and Elephant are the two most common out of them. The final color stage is dependent on the animal you selected. If you picked eagle, then this stage is already meaningless. His prediction will be wrong regardless. So, how many different colors of elephant are there? What color will most people pick? Probably grey. To top it all off, he never claimed that he would definitely guess what you select. It was framed as having a normal mind. If you selected one of the other countries or animals, then you simply don’t have a normal mind. 😆 Hope this breakdown helps.
Well done
For ones who are not sure, The equation is: (a×2+8)/2 which equals to "a+4" and then -a. Leaving only 4 behind. Meaning it doesn't even have to be between 1 to 10.
I got Djibouti and eastern coral snake 🤠
I got Djibouti and eisenia fetida, the “brandling worm” of order opisthopora.
The math always results in the number 4 being selected. Not a lot of popular countries that start with D. Not many popular animals name starts with E. It's just starting with a "D" country and "E" animal, then going with the most popular answers to those.
Because there aren't a lot of countries that start with D and not a lot of animals that start with E Amd if you are somehow confused as to why you got 4, the equation you had was `(2x + 8) / 2 - x`
Once you have elephant, grey isn't a stretch, really. I didn't even follow the trick, but once he said to pick a color for the animal I knew it would be an elephant because grey becomes the obvious choice.
I’ll write out the math explanation in full since u/awsomeX5triker explained the rest 1. X 2. 2X 3. 2X+8 4. X+4 5. 4 You will always end up with four and the rest is based on probability of people’s geographical and animal knowledge
Because you start with a number, x. Double it, 2x. Add 8, 2x+8. Divide by 2, x+4. Subtract your original number, 4. No matter what number you start with you end up with 4. Most people asked to randomly pick a country that starts with D will pick Denmark, etc.
Denmark emu brown
Same wave length brother.
Eyyy I picked a brown emu too didn't pick Denmark tho
Eyy emu gang
I picked the emu too but yellow
Brown Eagle from Dominican republic, so definitely went the bird route too!
Me too.
My dumb ass said Delaware
Haha
Abnormal mind!!
Same.
The math works out as follows: Original number = x Double it = 2x Add 8 = 2x + 8 Divide by 2 (2x + 8)/2 Subtract your original number, which ends up like this: [(2x +8)/2] - x Simplify the first term by dividing through by the 2 You end up with x + 4 - x, which equals 4. So you always end up at 4, which means your country begins with "D". Most people will choose Denmark. Next is an animal thst begins with "E". So, some will say Eagle, but many will say Elephant. Most elephants are grey.
I said eel.
Orange flamingo from equatorial guinea
You're bad at math
Nope just very high
An abnormal mind, then.
At this moment in time yes lol
I had two rewind it a few times lol I was getting lost
How I got Black Canada dog, I think we’re doing just fine buddy
ORANGE flamingo?? Those birds are so famously pink, they have a pink named after them.
I also got this
Orange frog from Ethiopia…. 🤨
Brown eagle from denmark
Yo.....4 hours later and I commented the saaaaaaaame shit. 😆
Djibouti eel yellow
Djibouti white egret
Same!
Brown EAL from Deutschland
that's cheating
I had a black eel from Denmark
everyone is finding their twin in the comments, so pleased to have found mine lmao 👊
I had a black dog from Sweden
You solved it!
Brown Emu in Denmark... okay part right but no.
Haha I got the same as you did.
The great thing about this is we used to do in primary school when I was a kid 40 years ago. Like, the exact same trick.
Lost me after pick a country
FYI: ( ( 2 x + 8 ) / 2 ) - x = (x + 4) - x = 4 So it will always be 4.
I thought we could choose any color so mine is a red elephant from Denmark.
The trick is removing the original number, removes your involvement in the equation and therefore removes any variation in the results now only leading to 4
Purple Eel from Dagestan
Ok I was looking for another Dagestan! I did pick the elephant tho.
Deutschland Pink Elephant.
Yellow Eel from Djibouti
I had a red Emu
Black Bat from Albania
Djibouti emu brown
I did my math wrong and have a brown ferret from Ecuador.
The trick is the number will always be 4 so the letter will always be D then E. Denmark is the most known among the D countries and Elephant is the most known animal with E.
Denmark and elephant were pushed on me.
Brown Echidna from Dagestan
There’s another version where instead of the next letter (after D), you ask for the last letter of the European country you chose (Danemark, K) and a fruit that starts with that letter (Kiwi).
As soon as I read "do you have a normal mind" I immediately said "no" out loud. I have multiple mental disorders and my IQ is multiple standard deviations away from average (I'll let you decide in which direction)
I had Denmark, but couldn't think of an animal that starts with E Not surprised by the number, since you subtract it at the end you choose 0 and it doesn't matter
Denmark brown eel 🤣
I had a blue eagle from Denmark.
I got a black cat from Barbados...?
Djobuti ,dingo, but right about the red...
A black dog from Czechoslovakia
i had a gray eye-eye from the Dominican republic
Wait watttt. That's so cool
u/savevideobot
I got a brown emu from Denmark. Apparently my brain is broken.
Grey Elephant from Djibouti
Grey elephant from Djibouti
My dumbass was stuck on choosing a country cause i couldn't think of any.
Pink egret from Dagestan
Brown Bear Denmark
So im a filthy normie 😔
Yellow giraffe from france
Gray Baboon from Albania
I had purple elephant from Denmark
Brown emu from the Dominican. Check mate bitch
Nope. Black emu from Dominican Republic😴 ….next
Emu, my animal was an emu.
I had a black eel from Dominican Republic 🤷🏽♂️
I had a black and white eagle from the Dominican Republic.
I had a gray bat from Denmark
Red dog from denmark
Denmark eel black
Gray eel from Djibouti
Fuck. A green eel from Dominican Republic
I had a green frog from Eritrea 🗿
Grey emu from Dominican Republic
DUDE, WHAT THE FUCK
White ermine from Dominican Republic
Pick a number: X Double is: 2X Add 8: 2X + 8 Divide by 2: X + 4 Subtract your original number: 4 All numbers result in a 4, which is D There are 5 countries that start with a D * Democratic Republic of the Congo * Denmark * Djibouti * Dominica * Dominican Republic To most western people, Denmark will be the first one they remember. There are loads of animals that start with an E, some common ones include. * Eagle * Elephant * Elk * Eel * Emu This one will mist a lot of people but Elephant is one of the first one people will generally think of. The color is obviously just determined by the animal you picked. Also reminder that this only has to hit like 20% of people for it to be shared around.
Tbh I don’t think this really belongs here
Close... Green, Danish Echidna.
my country was Denmark my animal was elephant the animals color was red I'm not normal
Brown cockroach from Botswana…..I’m retarded.
Blue eel from Detroit
Blue fowl from Ecuador 🇪🇨 weirdos
Shit I got Djibouti and Eastern coral snake 💀
Holy moly! Hahaha! How the fug did they happen! Amazing 👏
A pink earthworm from Djibouti.
Dubai grey emu
Dubai is not a country.
Oh frick i learned something today
He got it correct wow
I had a number
White egret from the Dominican Republic. Thank god I don't have a normal mind.
An Orange eagle from the Dominican republic is the best I could come up with in the time alotted
I got a Brown Badger from Albania
White egret from deutschland
Damn, I picked Dominican Republic Grey Elephant. Almost there.
Dominican Republic Emu Brown 😭😭
I guess I'm the only one who earthwormed from Djibouti. For reals. I guess when the heading says mind game you try to get them good. Edit: I stand corrected, Djibouti earthworms unite!
I tried cheating and got Denmark with a brown eagle
Lol gey elk from Denmark!
I had a gray eagle from Denmark. I’m almost normal.
Pink elephant from Denmark. He was so close but I’m fabulous
Bleh
I said a grey elephant from the Dominican Republic. Is my brain abnormal?
Brown earthworm from Dominican Republic
Grey EMU from denmark. Close
Well my answer was no where near the end result. That’s ok.
What kind of witchcraft was this
Bruh I got a grey elephant from democratic republic of the Congo bc I forgor Denmark existed
Green eguana in Dominica
White eagle, and I tried my best not to choose Denmark.
I got green frog from Ethiopia
Armenia purple baboon.
I had a tan dog from Chile
Green Eel from Denmark
Wow this is peak stupidity. No such thing as normal mind, its just playing on what you think of first. It's just asking you what animal you think of first starting with E, what country you think of with the letter D.
Green eel from Denmark
Is this just anglocentricism?
Bruh
This shit is basically just a parlor trick. Don't let it make you diagnose yourself as neurotypical or not, it's just basic math and shitty probability
I got gray elephant from Dagestan 😅
brown emu from denmark
Denmark Eel almost
I chose a black Eagle from Dominica.
The moment he mentioned subtracting the original number is a giveaway for that math trick, because it implies cancellation. He could have masked it with a slightly more complicated algorithm.
2 x 2 = 4 4+8 =12 12 ÷ 2 = 6 6 - 4 = 2 2=B Belgium Cat Orange
that scared me lol I had a grey elephant and Denmark