Poll: The Great MP3 player Experiment

[heyheysg]

OK I keep wondering about reality and how it manifests. Is it some random shit that keeps happening or is your physical presence (your electrons) actually changing stuff?

I've been running into weird conincidences too often to think them as simple. Like if you were exposed to Orange and started seeing orange things everywhere.

Anyway here's a noetic experiment.

You'll need

1) MP3 player with Shuffle function
2) Some time

Steps:

1) Put on your headphones and start to shuffle
2) Record down the total number of songs in your mp3 player (4000 for e.g)
3) Start thinking of a random band's name (or song if you're hardcore)
4) Record down the number of songs it takes before that band appears on shuffle.

Take the number of songs that band has (22 for e.g) and divide it by total number of songs (if it's a particular song, the probabilty will be 1 in 4000 for e.g)

That's the probability that it will appear. Compare it to the actual number of songs it takes for it to appear (3-5, e.g)

Does thinking about the band help? or does it conform within the probability?

 

[DefunctTheory]

I can already tell you: no. No mater how long I stare at Pandora with a glint of evil in my eye, it refuses to play White Stripes until I'm in the mood for Johnny Cash.

 

[Regiment]

Statistics note: This will only be statistically relevant if you repeat the experiment many, many, many times. The poll will be much more accurate than your personal experiences.

Personally, I think most people who answer the poll will do so because they're in the subset that reaches the song early. It's not more likely to get a random event you desire, you're just more likely to notice it. You're more likely to notice ten coins flipping heads when there's $1000 riding on it as opposed to the orientation of coins found on the ground.

 

[mad825]

how about understanding the algorithm of the "random" program

 

[DefunctTheory]

how about understanding the algorithm of the "random" program

I'd go with that, except I have over 30 White Stripes songs Thumbs Up, more than every other band on that particular channel combined (Mostly because, damn it, I want to listen to White Stripes on my White Stripes channel), and the damn channel just bombards me with the Bravery and Johnny Cash.

And a note: I didn't vote because my MP3 player is in my car and only has about 1500 songs on it from maybe 20 bands. Shitty probability test that would be.

 

[Plurralbles]

how about understanding the algorithm of the "random" program

QFT.

computers can't actually BE random.

 

[mad825]

how about understanding the algorithm of the "random" program

QFT.

computers can't actually BE random.

?

I never suggested in any way that its random although its normally called """""random""""" (if the missed them last time)