
201. Michael Shermer on Evolution, I.D. Theory, Consciousness, Morality, Gullibility, and Nothing (AMA # 7)
The Michael Shermer Show
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How to Get a Positive Nod From a Psychic
Warm reading is when you say things that are true for everybody, like if someone's lost someone. You can also get somebody passed over here who feels like a father figure to me. Or broad enough that you're going to get a hit. And then with a little bit of practice, it's stunning how easy it is to get people to think your psychic and you're not. O knothere's this whole books about this. E and roland has a book, the full fax coll the full fax book of cold reading. I am perplexed. What compels a seemingly sceptical person, who must apply reason and evidence in every aspect of their professional life in order to execute
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