Hello again, dear members of WrongPlanet.net,
At this time, I have begun to a ponder a question of unknown import: How well can one intuitively predict a sequence of events that may or may not have already begun and continues into the futurespace of the time axis? I desired to investigate this question with scientific rigor, so I devised a computer program to aid my quest.
The program produces a sequence S of positive integers. The research sample R (in the trial case, this was me) writes down the sequence S? of numbers he or she predicts the program will generate. The examiner (again, me) validates the predicted sequence against the actual sequence to yield the accuracy ratio A%.
My findings were startling, to say the least. I have discovered that, in my trial sample of myself, I achieved an accuracy ratio of exactly 100%. I realize that I will have to run this experiment again on a larger sample to confirm my data; nevertheless, we can conclude that the human ability to predict the future should not be discounted.
The Program (in C++):
Code:
//////////////////////////////////////////
// Positive Integer Sequence Generator ///
// For Scientific Experimentation ////////
// v1.0 //////////////////////////////////
// Public Domain - 2005 //////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////
#include <iostream>
const int SEQ_LNGT = 10;
int main()
{
int sequence[SEQ_LNGT] = {1, 2, 3, 24, 600, 6, 7, 255, 21, 10};
std::cout << "Sequence S: " << std::flush;
for (int i = 0; i < SEQ_LNGT; i++)
{
if (i == (SEQ_LNGT - 1))
std::cout << sequence[i] << std::endl;
else
std::cout << sequence[i] << ", " << std::flush;
}
return 0;
}
// THE L33TN3SS ENDS HERE. //
/////////////////////////////
Data:
Examination Sample Size: 1
Sequence S: {1, 2, 3, 24, 600, 6, 7, 255, 21, 10}
Sequence S?: {1, 2, 3, 24, 600, 6, 7, 255, 21, 10}
Accuracy Ratio A%: 100%
18 Feb 2005, 12:45 am
