Psychic Testing (The Zener Game)

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Zener Cards (named after 'Perceptual Psychologist' Karl Zener) are a tool designed to test ESP.

Here's the set I made today.



As you can see, there are 5 cards with a different symbol on each. I label them as follows. From left to right:

1. Square
2. Star
3. Cross
4. River
5. Circle

The game as I would like to play it goes as follows.

1. I shuffle the cards, and deal them into a 'spread'. I photograph them reversed, and then face up. I then post the image of the reversed cards.
2. You look at the posted image and use the psychic powers at your disposal to intuit which card is which.
3. Post your intuitions.
4. After a sufficient period of time has passed to allow anyone who wishes to take part to do so, I will post the cards upright image, and collate, track and post results.

I hope that I've sufficiently explained how I think this should work, and that it is entertaining.

Okay, so here's the first round!



Post your intuitions in the following format:

Left to right

1. Card 1
2. Card 2
3. Card 3
4. Card 4
5. Card 5

1.Star
2.River
3.Cross
4.Circle
5.Square

1. square
2. star
3. cross
4. river
5. circle

1. square
2. cross
3. star
4. river
5. circle

I'm sorry, this is not your lucky day.

1. Circle
2. Square
3. Cross
4. River
5. Star

1. Cross
2. River
3. Star
4. Circle
5. Square



Just simply going off of what "feels" right and going by that instead of thinking on it even slightly.

1. Star
2. Square
3. Cross
4. Circle
5. River

...maybe...

1. Star
2. Cross
3. River
4. Square
5. Circle

Edit: Kaybee was laaazy the first time 'round.

Any more takers before I unveil the results from the first round?

1. Star
2. Circle
3. Cross
4. River
5. Square

1. Cross
2. Square
3. Circle
4. River
5. Star

Round 1 Results!



Here are the results, in alphabetical order.

Ah Q - 20%
AS_mom - 40%
Cockney Rebel - 20%
Conundrum - 00%
DemonAbyss10 - 00%
Hello07 - 00%
jmnixon95 - 40%
Kaybee - 20%
Peko - 60%
Wornlight - 60%

As a group, you are 26% psychic. Expected success rate is 20%

The best detected symbol was the river, with 5 correct hits. The least detected symbol was the Circle, 1 correct.

Please correct me if you find any errors in these results.

I'd like to encourage you all to play subsequent rounds to see if rates improve or deteriorate. And if you missed round 1, feel free to jump in on round 2!

Round 2 coming in a few minutes!

Round 2!



What do you think?

1. Cross
2. Star
3. Circle
4. River
5. Square