2006-08-06 19:58:47 · 8 answers · asked by Joshua 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It's true that a lot of people tend to choose the number 7 as their favorite number or just as a random choice. When asked to choose a number between 1 and 10, most people will choose 7. It is the most common number thought of off the top of one's head. In the 1950s, a paper titled "The Magical Number 7, Plus or Minus Two" by a cognitive psychologist named George A. Miller. According to this paper, the number 7(±2) has correlated with with human performance on cognitive tasks. It also pointed out that channel capacity of the human brain on various tasks was around 2.5 bits of information, and the capacity of short term memory was also found to be at around 7(±2). Two seconds is the duration of the English spoken form of 7(±2) digits, while in Chinese it's the number 9 and in Welsh the number 9. The concept is hard to grasp, so I would suggest you try this website to understand it better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven%2C_Plus_or_Minus_Two.
2006-08-06 20:09:42 · answer #1 · answered by clandestinelove 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number seven has special meaning in several cultures' religions and mythologies. For a mostly-complete list, check out the Wiki link below.
2006-08-06 20:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because of some facts that has 7 in it. But in our country 8 is more special, because when you write it, it's going up. It's just superstition. If you believe in it but it has no scientific explanations.
2006-08-06 22:12:38 · answer #3 · answered by Kath 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Numerology suggests that 7 is an auspicious number.
2006-08-06 20:07:48 · answer #4 · answered by sajesh.k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it comes from the ancient time when man looked at the sky , and he saw 7 big heavenly bodies , Sun, moon, mars , Venus , mercury, Jupiter , Saturn .
these are the planets ( or heavenly bodies that could be seen by naked eye) they named the days of the week based on that (also check out the origin of names of the days of the week in Latin )
2006-08-07 04:53:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
7days in a week
God created heaven and earth in 7 days
7years of plentiful of harvest before the famine would strike during joseph's time.
7years of famine in Egypt during Joseph's time.
7 years of tribulation i.e at the time of second coming of Jesus Christ.
2006-08-06 20:11:05 · answer #6 · answered by ANITA D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is because God created earth and heaven in 7 days, and Sunday is a weekend because God got rest on the 7 th day.
2006-08-06 20:24:50 · answer #7 · answered by Leeloo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't aware there was?
2006-08-06 20:02:04 · answer #8 · answered by wldntulike_2know 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋