6 songs in a row is fairly impressive. However, the music industry has been paying the radio stations for YEARS to play songs X amount of time per day. So your average hipster will hear it and think, oh this song is on alot, it MUST be good, without actually critisizing the music itself. But my point is that, there is a definate pattern to the songs that are played on any particular radio station. If you listen to a station for a week, you will likely have a hunch as to what songs they might play in the following week, short of a new release. But as to the fact that no one really knows the exact order other than the DJ, being able to guess which ones is impressive, however it is more like counting cards than "magic".PS3fanboy said:What if it happens 6 songs in a row on the radio when I'm in the car. Most the time it happens every once in a while, but once it seriously happened at least six times in a row. As one song finished, another popped in my head and that was the next song.Kathinka said:there actually is, there even is a scientific term for it. i just have forgotten what it is^^eggy32 said:That happens to me all the time.Generalzdave said:Whenever I think of a part of a tv show, later in the day that exact episode will come on. This has happened about 50 times in my life. This also works sometimes with songs on the radio.
Surely there's a scientific explanation.
here's the quick rundown: lets say you think of episode 42 of show x. later that day you turn on the tv, and what episode is on?! 23. nothing special and most likely you will never think about it again, forget that you thought about the episode and that was that.
however, when episode 42 would have been on, you would have thought: "duuuuude, how weird is this?" and remember the freak occurance for years.
so the times when you guess the right episode are in the normal statistical margin. it just seems incredible because you only remember the right "guesses" and therefore grossely misjudge the hit quota. god i wish i remember what the scientific term for that was, there surely must be a wikipedia-article about it..
Speaking of "magic" it reminds me of another quote.
"Signifigantly advanced technology is indestenguishable from magic." Such as, if you somehow had a time machine and went back to prehistoric times with a standard cigarette lighter, and you met the locals and then flicked your Bic a few times, you would instantly be haroled as a wizard."