Some people were asked to name their favorite number, others were asked to give a random number:
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October 24, 2013 at 9:42 pm
David
why 42?
October 25, 2013 at 2:31 am
Andrew
its the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything of course 🙂
October 27, 2013 at 2:56 pm
Xing
Perhaps it would help to explain the spikes observed in p-Beauty contest, if the “level-0” players choose their favourite/random numbers 7, 13, 42 and 69 as the strategy.
December 31, 2013 at 5:21 am
theyenguy
The red highlighted numbers are people’s favorite numbers
69 as is in great sex.
42 is God’s number for a journey, as in the Hebrews had forty-two encampments from Egypt to the Promised Land,
13 is the number of revolution, as in thirteen colonies revolting from the kings of Europe.
7 is God’s number of completion, as in seven one-thousand years for the completion of political and economic experience