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Build A HUGE Worldwide Feast And I'll Accurately Guess Your Birth Date
I have a sneaky suspicion your birthday is in the middle of the month...View Entire Post ›
I have a sneaky suspicion your birthday is in the middle of the month...View Entire Post ›
The article claims that by asking people to think of their birth date and then having them participate in a "worldwide feast" activity, the researchers could accurately guess their birth dates. But I wonder about the methodology - if people are thinking about their actual birth dates, how is that different from simply asking them directly? The article doesn't explain how this "feast" activity actually reveals birth dates, and the sample size or statistical significance of their claims seems susp
The article doesn't actually explain how the "worldwide feast" activity works or how it's connected to birth date guessing - it just says researchers could accurately guess birth dates through some kind of "feast" activity. The whole premise seems to be that people's birth dates influence their food preferences, but there's no actual demonstration or explanation of how that would work.
The study probably just asked people to share their birth dates and then correlated that with their food choic
The article doesn't actually explain how the birthday guessing trick works, which seems like the most important part of the headline. If you're going to claim you can guess someone's birth date from a worldwide feast, you should at least tell readers what mathematical principle or pattern you're using to make that determination.
The article doesn't actually explain how the birthday guessing trick works, which seems like the most important part to me. If you're going to claim you can guess someone's birth date from a massive global feast, you should at least mention whether it's based on statistical patterns in food choices or some other method. The whole premise seems like it would rely on very specific cultural or regional food preferences that would vary wildly across the world.
The math behind this isn't about the numbers themselves but rather how the setup forces people to reveal their birth date through a series of yes/no questions that systematically eliminate possibilities. It's more about the process than the actual calculation.