How Many F's ?

[Gary_M]

FINISHED FILES ARE THE
RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC
STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS



How many F's do you count in the above text?

The correct answer is below - but try it first. It's quite amazing


































There are 6

The brain cannot process 'of' so it blanks out the fact there is an 'F' in it. After knowing this, try counting again.

 

[poshman]

god your right Gary i counted 3 my brains normal then

 

[Gary_M]

god your right Gary i counted 3 my brains normal then

I got 3 first time too

 

[gasmarkone]

Same here

 

[joe-90]

Me too. I even read it backwards so that I wouldn't be fooled.

But i was - but why?

 

[poshman]

write down Paris in the the spring ask people to read it out you will be amazed how many will miss out a THE.. did you

 

[joe-90]

Poshman - even more so if you put each 'the' on a different line.

 

[gasmarkone]

'kin hell. And we try and have reasoned debate on here! No chance. But I wonder, is it a boys thing, cos I bet girls would be more observant. I feel an experiment coming on.

 

[gcol]

Dammit - got 5 and couldn't find the last one until i read it backwards then I found there was an extra "of".

 

[mlb3c]

nope......I figured it was a trick, so I took my time....counted 4 F's (well, I AM a yank after all), read it again....got 5....still didnt trust it....then 6.....and I was tryin to get a 7th one too

 

[Pensdown]

'kin hell. And we try and have reasoned debate on here! No chance. But I wonder, is it a boys thing, cos I bet girls would be more observant. I feel an experiment coming on.

Nope, the wife only got 3 and nows she's arguing that all the words should be in one line to make it easier.

 

[hermes]

Dammit - got 5 and couldn't find the last one until i read it backwards then I found there was an extra "of".

exactly what i did, and I've seen it before!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Oh dear.

I got 6 on the first pass.

 

[Pensdown]

Oh dear.

I got 6 on the first pass.

I wouldn't have expected anything less from you

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I don't see what's so hard about it, TBH.

You look at every letter in turn, and count the ones which are F....