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by benj111 2553 days ago
So this relies on that being a somewhat normal distribution (7 being the most common number).

What if the people were primed by the first person saying 7? What if the first person had said 3?

So really you'd need to get your 'random' numbers, check the distribution, than redistribute your 'random' numbers. Which doesn't seem random or 'random' to me.