Stats experiment

[eve11]

How many M&Ms are in this bowl? Tell me your answer in the comments (without looking at others' first).

(Full disclosure, I don't know the answer, it's a contest for a "fun event" at work and I figured I'd try crowdsourcing as my strategy)

Comments

[eve11]

you know, you may have something there. There might be things in the bowl that aren't M&Ms?

ETA: The official question is stated as "Take a look at this fabulous dish of M&Ms and tell us how many there are" and not "How many M&Ms are in this dish?" so my money is on that it is not a trick question.

[c_carol_again]

"How many there are"? There are one, one fabulous dish.

[singe]

I'd like to change my answer to this one.