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		<title>The Forer Effect (aka The Barnum Effect)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Read the following paragraphs and think on them for a few minutes and then rate the statement as it applies to you: You often try to leave an impression on your surroundings that you are stern and rigid, while you are actually an emotional and vulnerable person. Sometimes you are bright, communicative and social, but <a href="https://rayb.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/the-forer-effect-aka-the-barnum-effect/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[You all know my views on psychics by now, I hope. The fact that so many people are still taken in by them is a real source of discomfort for me. Their tricks and scams have been so well publicised that it is a testament to how deluded humans can be that they are still <a href="https://rayb.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/richard-dawkins-interviews-derren-brown/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 09:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been pretty lax in my posting. Back in 2007, I posted about the Forer Effect and had every intention of following it up. Now you know why I don&#8217;t make New Year&#8217;s resolutions! To rectify that, let&#8217;s talk about cold reading. With the Forer (or Barnum) Effect, we saw how making generalised, non-specific statements <a href="https://rayb.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/what-is-cold-reading/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 09:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You enter the theatre to hear what the psychic you have come to see can tell the audience. You&#8217;ve paid your entry fee, milled around excitedly in the lobby beforehand and now the lights are dimming. The psychic gives you the preamble &#8211; negative energies interfere with the spirits, no guarantees that your loved one <a href="https://rayb.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/what-is-hot-reading/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[The full title should be &#8220;The Parliamentary Science and Technology Select Committee on Homeopathy&#8221; but I think that would make the URL unreadable. The English Parliament (UK Parliament?) has many Select Committees covering all aspects of governmental influence. The Committees are drawn from all parties and their role is to examine evidence and take expert <a href="https://rayb.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/parliamentary-committee-on-homeopathy/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>The Full Facts book of Cold Reading by Ian Rowland</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the post I had planned to make before I messed up. As someone with an interest in the various tricks that psychics, mediums, tarot readers and similar use, Ian Brodie&#8216;s suggestion that I read this book was welcome. Ian Rowland is a very clear and concise writer and clearly has a love for <a href="https://rayb.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/the-full-facts-book-of-cold-reading-by-ian-rowland/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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