# A silly poll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 16, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171 "2010-01-16T05:44:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/21 "2010-01-17T01:57:48Z")

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> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#):
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> I voted for 7, because studies show most people will say 7 if you ask them to pick a number from 1 to 10, so I figured most people would know that and _not_ pick 7- a little reverse psychology. I was wrong.

This.

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**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/22 "2010-01-17T05:55:14Z")

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I started to pick five because I thought most people would avoid it as the most picked. But then I rethought and went for three. Oh, well.

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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/23 "2010-01-17T09:10:34Z")

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I chose 10 and was unsuccessful.

But 10 is my lucky number, so at least I got to choose it.

> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#):
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> I voted for 7, because studies show most people will say 7 if you ask them to pick a number from 1 to 10, so I figured most people would know that and _not_ pick 7- a little reverse psychology. I was wrong.

I’ve heard that if you ask people to pick a random number between 1 and 100, most will pick 37. Cite? My post is my cite! I really did hear that somewhere. 😛

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/24 "2010-01-17T18:08:13Z")

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> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#):
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> I voted for 7, because studies show most people will say 7 if you ask them to pick a number from 1 to 10, so I figured most people would know that and _not_ pick 7- a little reverse psychology. I was wrong.

Similar thinking with me and 1.  
I figured everyone and their mom would _think_ “everyone else is going to pick one, so I won’t pick that one”.  
But they picked it anyway. :smack:  
Maybe they had the same thought I did and that’s why they picked it. :dubious:

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