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195. Jamy Ian Swiss — The Conjuror’s Conundrum

The Michael Shermer Show

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What Is Cold Reading?

There are three types of psychic readings. There's universal, cold and hot reading. Cold is taking in infor tion on the spot using intuition to some degree. Hot reads use inside information that you've gotten in advance. You famously witnessed a case with john edward where he was using high-tech equipment but it didn't work. He said: 'I hope we actually get to prosecute somebody criminally, but they don't really need it'

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