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Pick A Random Number (But Make It Prime)

Pick A Random Number (But Make It Prime)
The brutal collision of statistics and human psychology in one graph! This meme perfectly captures how people respond when asked to pick a "random" number. Normal people (with average IQs around 100) tend to choose "37" - a number that feels random because it's prime and not commonly used. Meanwhile, those at either end of the IQ bell curve simply pick "1" - the most mathematically elegant choice that's simultaneously the most obvious and least random possible option. The real irony? Truly random selection would follow the bell curve distribution itself, not cluster around specific numbers. Your brain can't actually generate randomness - it's too busy trying to look smart or being accidentally brilliant!

The Probability Paradox Purgatory

The Probability Paradox Purgatory
The cat's judgmental stare says it all. This probability paradox is the ultimate academic trap. If you pick randomly from four options, you'd expect a 25% chance of being right. But wait—two answers are "25%" (A and D), making their combined probability 50%. So if 25% is correct, it should be 50% likely... which means C (50%) is correct. But if C is correct, then the chance is 25% again. It's an infinite loop of statistical despair that would make Schrödinger's cat roll its eyes. The answer is simultaneously all and none of the above, much like my will to grade another stack of freshman statistics papers.