What does this mean? I can wake up in the middle of the night or first thing when I wake up, (if soemtimes I sleep late, like 10:10 or 11:11. Also, I often go to tthe store and my total will ring up the same amount like $23.23, or otherwise I get the same amount of change back, like $7.77, weird hey? One day, I went to two different stores and my total was exactly the same. WHY? It creeps me out.
2006-11-12 17:33:32 · 10 answers · asked by moreblondforyou 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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This is Outer Limits stuff .... 8^0
2006-11-12 17:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by Wal C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually you see a lot of numbers during the day however you only pay attention to numbers which are repeating like 10:10 or 11:11.
2006-11-13 01:48:58 · answer #2 · answered by bogus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love repeat numbers, to me, they are lucky number, and you should know that in chinese, number 8 is lucky, so with the total $ 88.88 , to chinese, it is good, repeating numbers do not creep you out, you are just overreacting.
and time is changing every minutes, you should not stare at the clock and wait until it turns 11:11 or 3:33, you should know what the max min is 60, it only creeps you out when the clock turns 6:66
2006-11-13 01:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real reason is your mind only remembers the times. If you were to take a log of all the times you looked at a clock you would find it to be random. When your total at the store is 3:95 you don't remember it like when it was 3.33.
2006-11-13 01:42:15 · answer #4 · answered by llan2193 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a type of bias, and now since you've started noticing it distinctly it'll appear more.
A while ago I noticed that I always checked the time at 11.47pm, it still happens but you shouldn't let it creep you out.
2006-11-13 05:31:13 · answer #5 · answered by yasiru89 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess you're mathematical-minded! that happens to me aswell, for example when the time is 3.14 then i start thinking about pi etc, lol sounds really stupid i know! but i was reading an article in the paper a while back and it was saying something about people who notice such things are talented in mathematics. take it in a positive way! its a good thing! =D
2006-11-13 01:37:40 · answer #6 · answered by thugster17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have same problem, seem like every time I look at the clock it says 12:27, which ironically is my birthday.
2006-11-13 02:13:16 · answer #7 · answered by marc p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look for patterns and you shall find them. I do the same thing find stupid patterns in numbers but that will always happen. Have someone randomly right numbers i bet you can find a pattern and some patterns are so simple subconcusly we look for them.
2006-11-13 01:47:08 · answer #8 · answered by Cemos 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i've seen the numbers 151 for over 10 years now. this happens all the time. never been able to figure it out.
2006-11-13 01:44:48 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What compelled you to put this in math?
Anyway, you are only noticing it because it is distinctive (selection bias). You are experiencing the effect described here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia
2006-11-13 01:39:08 · answer #10 · answered by jacinablackbox 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋