Read this sentence:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS
OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.
Now count the F’s in that sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE.
Do not go back to count them again. Then see if you are correct, after the jump…
There are 6 F’s in the sentence. One of average intelligence finds 3 of them. If you spotted 4, you’re above average. To see 5 is rare. If you caught 6, you are a genius. There is no catch. Most people forget the OFs. The human brain tends to see them as Vs instead of F’s.
So… How smart are you??
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The test above was snatched right off David Brown’s site, which is just full of amazing sundries to while your time away, and if you’re like me, with a short attention span and enjoys surfing for trivia and stuff. I couldn’t resist re-posting it here to share.
Oh yeah, I am average.
















18 Comments
August 8, 2007 at 4:05 am
i counted 6, first try.what does that make of me then? i’m not a genius…just below it!!!!!??!@#*..hehehe
August 8, 2007 at 6:19 pm
i spotted 5!!!! thought i counted them right. missed one. gosh! (pahamak yung isang OF.)
August 9, 2007 at 12:24 am
Hey! I counted 6! Ahem ahem! Hehehe… seriously, I did!
August 9, 2007 at 12:42 am
ahaha! i’d say if you’re an artist you’d fare very well, you have attention for detail. Chuck’s an actor, radueriel writes.
nides, the family genius! hehehe.
amping, bro…
August 9, 2007 at 7:52 am
i also got six, coz i’m smarter than a fifth grader hahahahahaha…
thanks for visiting my hive bro.. i’ve already added you on my watch list este, blog roll.. tsk tsk
blog away!!!!
August 9, 2007 at 10:55 am
I found six.
Nice, it raised my self-esteem somehow.
August 9, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Bokya ako!!!hu hu hu !1
August 9, 2007 at 2:57 pm
hahaha… i guess this is all for fun. i am not sure about its validity, there is no documentation and/or reference supplied. like, i never noticed any V’s replacing the OF’s. i just never saw anything.
August 9, 2007 at 4:23 pm
i got 6! yay! genius diay ko? cool. nyahahaha
August 12, 2007 at 2:09 am
That confirmed I’m a genius! Haha!
August 12, 2007 at 2:11 am
uy, leylan, good to see you here! nagsugod na ka sa imo Law studies?
August 12, 2007 at 2:21 am
ay!?! bat lahat yata ng nagreply dito genius? ako lang at si Tingting ang hindi… Ting! you’ve got a friend in me. hehehe.
August 13, 2007 at 8:35 am
i found 5. so I’m rare then! haha.
nice one…
August 14, 2007 at 2:05 am
Honestly, I spotted 5. I missed the last “OF”. Actually, there’s a reason why most people only get 3 F’s. I studied a bit of typography and usability (I’m a software tester by trade)… I believe it’s because the entire sentence is in ALL CAPS which makes it much harder to read. If it had appropriate lower-case letters, people would most likely get all 6.
To be fair to myself about missing that last F, I just ate a big lunch… and I’m feeling very sluggish right now. It was FINE, FINE, FINE, FINE, FINE, FINE meal. How many F’s can you spot in there? Huh, huh? :p
August 14, 2007 at 7:04 pm
I counted 5 also, even though I’ve taken this test before and know the answer should be 6.
I count 5 on the first pass every time, darn … something must be seriously wrong with me ;P
August 18, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Well I am just a nob. I counted 6. I’m not smart, just picky!
August 24, 2007 at 3:50 am
i was just bloghopping (saw yours from badoodles)… i saw 6 also, but im no genius.
August 31, 2007 at 5:55 pm
umm…. what if 7 ang bilang?? hehe. joke po. 6 din