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Post by imagineer on May 11, 2016 11:09:54 GMT -6
Hello everyone. I thought it would be fun to do a (very unscientific) social experiment I was thinking that we all must make what probably amounts to hundreds of decisions a day, some are micro decisions and some are significantly more important. And I thought it would be fun to try and see exactly how many decisions we make in just one 24 hour period. So tomorrow or so, I will try and count every single decisions I make and see just what the tally is. I do not have a clicker so I will probably have to make a mark on a note pad or the like. It will probably be a surprisingly challenge thing to do actually, but I will do my best. If others would like to do the same then that would be great You can pick any day to do it, it does not have to be tomorrow The only rules are count every decision that you consciously make, for example: Decide to get out of bed or to have just 5 more minutes 1. Decide what to have for breakfast 2. Cereal for breakfast? Okay, decide what type of cereal 3. Decide what to put on the cereal, cow milk or almond milk, etc 4. Decide to wash up the bowl of put it in the sink and do it later 5. Decide when to get dressed 6. Decide what colourer socks to wear 7 Etc, etc, etc, etc,etc I posted this on another forum, but I thought it would be more fun to post in in here as well, seeing that this site has many more active members
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Post by Matt on May 11, 2016 11:23:33 GMT -6
That sounds interesting actually. I mean like everyone makes decisions every day all the time, so that would be very interesting to see how many decisions a person makes in a day.
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Post by imagineer on May 11, 2016 11:41:13 GMT -6
yeah, I bet it is going to be loads and loads and loads. Especially if you have a management job or the like where you have to decide what other people should do as well. Thankfully I do not lol You are welcome to try doing this yourself, you might be suprides how many decisions YOU have to make in just 1 day
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Post by Matt on May 11, 2016 11:43:58 GMT -6
Maximum possible is 105678 or even more. Did you just make up that number?
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Post by Vincent Van Ghoul on May 11, 2016 11:47:11 GMT -6
I'll give it a try tomorrow, if I can keep it in the back of my mind to count during the day.
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Post by Vincent Van Ghoul on May 11, 2016 11:49:03 GMT -6
Did you just make up that number? It is possible if you make decisions very fast. I think it depends on the type of decision being made. You only have to count over one day, which is a finite period of time, limiting the amount of theoretically possible decisions you could make.
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Post by imagineer on May 11, 2016 11:53:41 GMT -6
I'll give it a try tomorrow, if I can keep it in the back of my mind to count during the day. Yes, remembering to count is probably going to be the trickiest part for me lol. It would also help is I had a clicker to keep track instead of a notepad, I am bound to put the notepad down and forget it as some point lol I am glad you people think this idea is interesting I look forwards to seeing how many decisions you make Vincent Van Ghoul, if you can manage to keep count.
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Post by shiina on May 11, 2016 16:03:57 GMT -6
Hey this idea is quite interesting! I'll try and do this today (since my day has already started) It'll be interesting to see just how many decisions I make or have to make without realizing it.
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Post by imagineer on May 13, 2016 5:29:24 GMT -6
It has been 24 hours and I made approximately 55 decisions. I thought it would have been a few more than that, but I did have a quiet-ish day and like most people I have my usual routines and daily rituals. It was surprisingly hard deciding what I should count as a decision lol. (FYI I did not count deciding what counted as a decision as I kept score, if that makes sense) I will be interested in seeing how you guys got on with this
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Post by Matt on May 13, 2016 6:53:34 GMT -6
We all make decisions constantly, everything you do is a decisions so interestingly I thought it would have been more than that. Cool experiment anyway
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