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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:42 am
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In the interest of both indulging my curiosity and inspiring a little bit of interaction in this guild in a somewhat scientific manner, I have created an experimental blind survey to see what sort of results will pop up. I encourage at least 10 people to participate in this casual study before I reveal the details of all this. Until that general amount has been reached, I would like each participant to go through the directions and answer questions accordingly, without any influence of what others have written (to aid in this, I would encourage answers to be posted in white). Afterwards, in addition to unveiling the results of the experiment, I would welcome any critique on how to form more effective and/or conclusive experiments in the futuer. Thank you, and enjoy.
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(Prepare a piece of scratch paper or a program such as Notepad to write down answers on before proceeding to your post).
Part A:
A1) Clear your thoughts of any emotions and thoughts outside of the survey before continuing.
A2) Look at the following image for a full, uninterrupted minute:
A3) On your text file or paper, describe any feelings or emotions that you felt (if any) while observing this image.
A4) Similarly, describe any thoughts or sensations (visually, aurally, etc.) that you felt (if any) while observing this image.
Part B:
B1) Clear your thoughts of any emotions and thoughts outside of the survey before continuing.
B2) Look at the following image for a full, uninterrupted minute:
B3) On your text file or paper, describe any feelings or emotions that you felt (if any) while observing this image.
B4) Similarly, describe any thoughts or sensations (visually, aurally, etc.) that you felt (if any) while observing this image.
Part C:
C1) Clear your thoughts of any emotions and thoughts outside of the survey before continuing.
C2) Look at the following image for a full, uninterrupted minute:
C3) On your text file or paper, describe any feelings or emotions that you felt (if any) while observing this image.
C4) Similarly, describe any thoughts or sensations (visually, aurally, etc.) that you felt (if any) while observing this image.
After completing both answers for each of all three parts, proceed to post your responses in respect to their labels (A3, A4, B3, etc.) within white text tags. Your input will not be used to make any judgements about you as a person or as a contributor to this survey and will be used only to draw a conclusion from the overall results. Thank you greatly for your time and effort. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:13 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:03 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:56 am
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Part A: A3:I didn't feel any different. A4: I noticed that the black dot seemed to be the only real focused thing I saw. Also, it looked as if there were a few slashes inside the dot, that would form, then wipe away.
Part B: B3: I actually felt a bit of dread or fear at first for some reason. B4:I noticed the slash marks again, but im wondering if it could just be my monitor dirty (for the sake of the experiment, ill assume that it isnt). It seemed like the periphrial vision in my left eye went milky for a second, but it came back. It looked like the dot would change colors in various areas, but never fully change. When I would focus on the dot, the color would go back to white. I noticed an upsidedown triange inside the dot, but maybe I'm just going crazy.
Part C: C3: I didnt feel any different C4: The slash marks were back again (at this point, assuming monitor is smudged).and there seemed to be more visual activity then before. In almost a deep purple (or maybe blue, im colorblind), there seemed to be almost an eclipse of the color, then it formed a ring, and started to spin, form different shapes (nothing like triangles, stuff you see on screen savers), and do random screen saver-y stuff. Very hard to discribe exactly.
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:59 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:08 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:29 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:12 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:09 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:31 am
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On Image A: (I jotted down single words as they came to me) Dark, empty, void, sphere, inky, circular, "A," pupil, tense and calm. As well, I noted a strong presence to the object.
On Image B: (again, jotted down single words as they came to me) Same, confused, curious, analize this, pixelated image, arcs, curves, "B" = "A."
On Image C: (same drill) Same, (furrows brow), dissapointed, mild annoyance, uninterested, bored.
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:08 pm
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A3: I kept thinking that I needed to look deeper. Kind of peaceful, really. A sort of lullful tug to look deeper into the image.
A4: It might be my eyes, but after about twenty seconds of looking into it, a gray circle formed within it. I thought it made it look even more peaceful.
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B3: This one made me antsy--I wanted to look away. It was a very persistant feeling of anxiety.
B4: Again, it might be my eyes, but after a bit, the white outer edge of the circle seemed highlighted, while the inside became speckled with dark blue. I thought the blue was a lovely colour, but I still couldn't shake the feeling of anxiety. Almost paradoxal.
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C3: It was some kind of mellow. I'm having trouble finding the right word to describe it.
C4: Maybe it's just a smudge on my monitor (or my imagination), but I could have sworn I saw a man's eye for a split-second. No colours, shades, or hues besides the black and lighter black of the eye, though.
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(I don't need or want the 500 gold. This is a very interesting thread--I'm eager to hear where you're going with this. Quenching my curiosity is better than some gold. XP)
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:15 am
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