The Best Move in Rock, Paper, Scissors (According to Science… Well, a Survey) ✊✋✌️

The next time you need to decide who’s doing the dishes or who gets shotgun, you might want to keep this little cheat code in mind.

A new survey asked thousands of people what they’re most likely to throw in Rock, Paper, Scissors — and the runaway favourite was ROCK.

• 34% usually choose rock
• 23% go for scissors
• 20% choose paper
• The rest either mix it up or have no idea what they usually pick

Translation: Your best opening move is paper, because odds are your opponent is going to start with rock.

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Bonus: Other Game-of-Chance Secrets

Coin Flips 🪙

• 59% call heads
• 21% call tails
• 19% don’t have a preference
  So if you’re calling it, tails might give you a tiny edge.

Pick a Number Between 1 and 10 🔢

• The clear winner? 7 — chosen by a whopping 36% of people.
• 5 is a distant second at 12%.
• Least popular picks: 1 (1%) and 10 (2%). If you want to be tricky, choose one of those.

Bottom line: In games of “pure chance,” people are actually pretty predictable. Now go forth and win that last slice of pizza.