I realized that I was pleased to write today's date as it included the number four. I seem to like that number.
It brings up the topic our preference for various numbers and how we respond emotionally to them.
The headlines I've retrieved are fun:
Why do we respond emotionally to numbers: 7 ways to use them
Odd vs Even number Psychology. Decrypting the psychology
Why odd numbers are dodgy, evens are good, and 7 is...
The way you use numbers can change customer behaviour
6 reasons you need to love numbers
So asking why people like the number 4, I retrieve the teraphobia entry from Wikipedia in which people don't like the number 4 and avoid it. The Chinese word for four is similar to the word for death. Take Europe in contrast, four is a lucky number in Europe, North America and Australia.
I like four because it visually translates into a rectangle and a square. I seem to like those shapes. Here are what other people like:
Numbers ending 1, 2 or 3 are generally more excitable than the others, and even numbers are the most calm.
"When people explained their choices in my favourite number survey, their reasons were varied and surprisingly tender, such as 2 because the respondent has 2 piercings, 6 because the sixth track on the respondent's favourite albums is always the best, 17 for the number of minutes the respondent takes to cook rice, 24 because the respondent sleeps with her left leg kicked out like a 4 and her boyfriend sleeps like a 2 on his side, and 1,000,000,007 because it is the highest prime number he can remember."
There are all kinds of rules of thumb in marketing. For example: Odd and Even Numbers: Use Odd Numbers to Emphasize Masculine Qualities and Even Numbers to Emphasize Feminine Qualities. This article is great fun. It is HERE.
And I forget there's that field of numerology. But not now... I'll let that one pass.
HEre's a happy green series. With a little shamrock/Oxalis for St. Patrick's Day coming up this week.
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