I was quite surprised when the first think my yesterday's job interviewers did was taking me for a drink. When we went to a bar one of them showed me playing cards trick with a mobile phone. He asked me to pick a card from a stack, remember it and put it back, mix the cads as I want them to be mixed, and give the cards back. Then he takes a card from his pocket and asks if this is the card I chose? And it was not that card, so I said it wasn't! Then he asked me if he can take a picture of me holding the wrong card to prove me I am wrong.
He took a picture and when I saw it I couldn't believe my eyes! On the picture was me holding the right card! Of cause now I know how this trick works, but first I was shocked! How???? How is this possible???? It cannot be!!!! Funny, but the first thing that came into my mind was that this is some kind of very advanced technology of electronic cards (even if they looked nothing more than just ordinary paper cards) with some special sensors inside and are capable of sending signals to the mobile phone. What an imagination :)
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And what is the trick? :)
All the mystery will disappear now :( But ok, ok, I will share. From the very beginning they push you to take the card that they want you to chose. I didn't notice that and I naively took the card. They took a picture of me. On their mobile device they have a special card software installed, so can place any card in front of an image of a person, so it would seem you were holding THAT card. So, they selected the card I "chose" since they already knew it and the software placed it in front of my picture. And that was it ;)
This reminds me of the video about "research" on reasoning here.
People were given to choose cards and had to explain why they chose them. Sometimes they were tricked and started explaining the card they hadn't chosen.
I saw the video, quite interesting... It's just I don't get how choosing 1 person might make you think that the next picture they are showing is the one you chose. I have very good memory on faces, I think that trick wouldn't work on me. It seems not possible, but who knows how would it be in reality.
i would be very suspicios about such company ;) they might have more advanced tricks...
lady, how is your life?
hey lady, i am good thank you :) just don't feel like posting anymore... But i guess i should, some people are asking me constantly what happened. It probably seems like if I am not posting there must be something wrong with me :)
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