Comment on I just learned 37% of Americans fear vaccinating their dog will cause the dog to develop autism. 😐

• y0kai@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  yeah, you’re right. I just remembered the 37% thing and felt compelled to share.

  37 is also a common number used by “magicians” to when they try to guess the “random number” you’re thinking of because for some reason related to psychology, we think it is “more random” than other numbers between 1 and 100, on average. I don’t have the energy to cite this one right now tho lol

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    it is a very random number. it’s also a very large small number.

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  • ZMoney@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Here’s a great exposition on 37.

    youtu.be/d6iQrh2TK98

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    • y0kai@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      lmao this was awesome thank you for sharing

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  • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I always pick 1 when asked to try to balance it out.

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