The council will decide on a pattern that best suits the summer months.

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Seventeen questions, a full one-third of the test, mine for the trait, challenging applicants to pick the shape that best fits into a complex pattern.

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Bangladeshis and Pakistanis, the best proxy for Muslim voters, seem to have followed that pattern.

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As you can see, there is no discernible pattern and sometimes the worst performer can become one of the best.

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Other researchers suggest that the best way to get an alien's attention is to send it a significant numeric pattern, perhaps prime numbers or the value of Pi.

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