Quote from: "macmouse"If you didn't realize it, that is a *classic* psychology experiment/mind game. Seriously, in my intro to psych class they showed a video of a few people in a elevator doing something similar to what you guys were doing (4 people staring at the same corner), and they observed that eventually people started to follow suit and stare at the walls because they felt social pressure to (even though there was nothing to look at).
So, because you were all looking at different corners, it wasn't clear which way people were supposed to look and therefore became uncomfortable.
I really doubt that was there intention. I do know the study you are referring to but this obviously was not it. If you look at the pictures, you know they were just there to creep people out.