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Adam · 12-11-2006, 10:22 PM

It is all in simplicity. One to ten allows us to rate things that we have thought about for a while, and yet, most people use 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, only using the even numbers when they are absolutely certain...

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Adam Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Logan, UT Posts: 357	It is all in simplicity. One to ten allows us to rate things that we have thought about for a while, and yet, most people use 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, only using the even numbers when they are absolutely certain...